Old Movies of the Republic of China(3)

On the one hand, such a big hotel is comfortable. On the other hand, the people who live here all have some status. Compared with others, they all have their own information channels, and the news is known faster than people outside. After freshening up

, Fourth Master urged Lin Yutong to change clothes, "Go out to eat."

It was too late to change the cheongsam, so Lin Yutong changed into a long shirt and skirt. This is Qingdao, and there are many western-style women, so you don’t have to worry too much. The bright red one has a lace-edged stand-up collar and two dense rows of buttons on the chest. The long skirt is almost

Meandering on the ground. This kind of clothes is actually very popular among younger new women. Because you can wear pants under the skirt without getting cold. Put a lace foreign hat on your head, it is appropriate. The appearance is not beautiful,

Her skin tone is fair and her body is not yet fully developed. The only thing that stands out is her temperament.

After coming out of the room, a special waiter came up to ask if they needed anything. When they knew that they were going to the restaurant, they led the way to the elevator entrance until they were handed over to the waiter in the elevator.

, only then was the work completed. Lin Yutong gave him a tip of 10 cents. From the envious eyes of the waiter who drove the elevator, it could be seen that this 10 cents was not a small tip.

The restaurant is on the top floor, half of it is a Western restaurant and half is a Chinese restaurant. Lin Yutong and Si Ye are both not used to Western food, so they went directly to the Chinese restaurant. As soon as they entered the restaurant, they smelled the aroma of various seafood. I wanted to come here.

The specialty dish is seafood. I ordered five dishes and it cost one yuan. I have to say that the prices of the dishes here are really expensive. You can buy a bucket of squid and shrimp for five cents. When I passed by the roadside today,

I heard shouting. A plate of vegetables here costs two cents less. It is the same as those in later generations where a plate of vegetables sold for eighty-eight cents. The price has gone up since the place where it is placed is different.

The waiter enthusiastically recommended: "Sir, do you want white wine or Japanese sake? We also have German beer, which tastes good."

Fourth Master waved his hand: "No, after dinner, go to the opposite side to drink."

Opposite is a Western restaurant, which sells a variety of foreign wines and beers. But it is the cheapest.

This Chinese restaurant is very large, several hundred square meters, with dozens of tables, and further inside, there are probably private rooms. This is a place that can host banquets. At this hour, there are not many people eating Chinese food here.

, sitting in twos and threes, very scattered. Most of them were wearing long robes and mandarin jackets, with a gold or silver chain hanging from the second button on the chest, and the other end of the chain was stuffed into the top pocket of the coat. It was actually a pocket watch. Lin Yutong saw

An old man across the table took out his pocket watch from his pocket, opened the cover with a snap, and held the watch far away with one hand to check the time. He must have some presbyopia. After looking at it, he snapped it again.

Close it and stuff it back. Because there is a chain hanging on it, you are not afraid of losing it. There is also a portrait of a beauty on the cover of the watch, which is very fragrant. Coupled with the glittering chain, that set of actions is really impressive.

Somewhat majestic.

Lin Yutong found it very interesting. Obviously having a watch is more convenient and the price is not much more expensive than a pocket watch, but these people still prefer to wear pocket watches and robes and jackets.

Fourth Master whispered: "This is the so-called quintessence of the nation."

The two of them were eating and listening to other people's conversations from a distance.

One said: "...there was a firefight last night...the shopkeeper of my semicolon sent me a telegram this morning..."

Another said: "It shouldn't be a serious problem. The Northeast Army has tens of thousands of troops, and what they are holding is not firewood sticks..."

The pure natural seafood lost its delicious taste in the mouth. The two ate in a hurry and came out of the Chinese restaurant. For food and accommodation in the hotel, you don't have to pay at the time. You just need to say which room you are a guest in, and then sign the bill.

, this list will be sent to the lobby, and when it is time to check out, the consumption in the hotel will be settled together. Therefore, living here, if you don’t consider money, is really comfortable. You can eat in the restaurant and use your own kitchen.

Same, order food and eat ready-made. There is always a waiter nearby, and someone will serve you when you pour a glass of water.

As soon as she entered the western restaurant, there was singing coming from inside. The loudspeaker effect was not good, and Lin Yutong couldn't hear what she was singing at all. He only saw a woman wearing a purple sleeveless cheongsam, standing in front of an old-fashioned microphone.

. She twisted her waist slightly and sang in a low voice. Sometimes she would grab the microphone with her hand and ask the microphone to move with her twisting. There was a triangle support under the microphone, which was very strong. In a blink of an eye, she saw the flashing

Next to the stage with colorful lights, there was a special band, all wearing suits and leather shoes. There were seven or eight people who were playing very attentively. I randomly found a seat and ordered two glasses of beer. I heard most of the music.

It was similar to what I heard in the Chinese restaurant. I am not too worried about the situation in the Northeast. Many businessmen are worried that the war there will be protracted and some business will be delayed.

No one would have thought that the situation would take a turn for the worse the next day. The headline in the newspaper read, on the 19th, Shenyang and Changchun fell one after another.

Early in the morning, the waiter brought the newspaper in together with breakfast. Fourth Master flipped through it and gave it to Lin Yutong, "I remember I asked you to collect a lot of drawings before, find them."

Most of the drawings were about firearms. This thing was different from others. Lin Yutong kept it separately. As soon as the fourth master asked for it, she immediately took out the box.

"There is also paper and pen." Fourth Master flipped through the drawings and added.

Lin Yutong found the paper and pen for drawing, "Can't you just use it?"

"You can't do it if you have drawings but not technology, you can't do it if you have technology but no equipment, and you can't do it if you have equipment but no raw materials. Even if you have raw materials, it won't work if you can't meet the standards." Fourth Master said, frowning, "Now, we can only improve based on the existing production capacity. These

The drawings were all improved after the equipment became available. They cannot be used now. They can only be used as a reference. I have to make them again, which also takes time. From design to finished product experiment, from experiment to mass production, it will take several years.

.”

"Can we import equipment?" Lin Yutong asked, "We have a lot of money at our disposal."

Fourth Master shook his head: "Where to import from? These things are all prohibited from export. The National Government...the United States sells weapons. If it gives them equipment, how can they make war money?"

This is the truth. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to seek support from the United States, but why should they support you? The most fundamental thing here is interests.

Lin Yutong nodded, that's the truth.

"Then where should we go next?" In such troubled times, it is a joke to talk about settling down, but there must be a place where he can do his own thing quietly. Especially the design drawings. A small mistake cannot kill others.

You might accidentally injure yourself. "Besides, I also want to concentrate on studying medicine. How to use the most common medicinal materials to prepare trauma medicine with better efficacy." This place is definitely not suitable in a hotel.

Fourth Master put the drawings away again, thought about Lin Yutong's words, and said for a long time: "Go to Shanghai first."

Having decided to go to Shanghai, the two of them did not spend much time in Qingdao. But this time they bought the tickets and did not have to go there by themselves. They told the hotel directly and the hotel would book the train tickets that meet the requirements in advance. The earliest train tickets are available.

It's the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, sleeper compartment. The hotel clerk went to the train station in person to pick up the ticket and bring it to him. I guess it's a kind of business relationship between the hotel and the train station. Mutual benefit. It's just a handling fee of three yuan.

It’s really not something that ordinary people can afford.

After lunch on the third day, I got into the hotel's car specially used to transport guests. Along the way, I saw many people with children and women in ragged clothes on the streets of Qingdao. The driver kept pressing the horn and explained to Lin Yutong and Fourth Master:

"They are all fleeing from the Northeast. This evildoer! You said that you can't live a good life, but what kind of war are you fighting? Little Japan is really nothing."

"It's not that close from the Northeast to Qingdao. These people..." Lin Yutong said before realizing, "Did they come by train?"

Before Fourth Master could say anything, the car suddenly stopped. I saw a large group of students passing by the intersection holding banners and flags in their hands. The male students were wearing youth clothes, the female students were wearing cheongsam, and some were wearing indigo pants.

A small sleeve jacket, a black skirt on the lower body, and also a jacket.

The driver said apologetically: "It will take more time on the road today. This is a student protest. You said that every year you will receive donations for this and that, but when it comes to the critical moment, you can't take a shot."

Go ahead. What a fucking coward!"

It was even harder to move the car further forward. Some students blocked the door of the shop and burned Japanese goods.

When the train arrived at the station, it took less than ten minutes to leave. The train always arrived late, so I entered the station and waited for another half an hour before the train arrived. Maybe it was really cold, but the first-class compartment was indeed

We moved to the front of the train again. Many of the people on the train were businessmen doing business in the Northeast. They first went to Qingdao from the Northeast, and then transferred from Qingdao to Shanghai. Anyway, the situation was not good, so whichever train you catch will count.

Any transfer station is fine.

After getting off the train, I saw Chen Xiangdong waiting under the train. Fourth Master asked Linhai Hotel to send a telegram to Chen Xiangdong, telling him that he was going to Shanghai. Unexpectedly, the man actually came to pick him up in person.

"I came to try my luck on the train from Qingdao to Shanghai in the past few days. Sure enough, I was right." Chen Xiangdong took the box from the fourth master and handed it to the man who looked like a driver following him.

The young man then said: "The car is outside, let's go directly to the hotel first so that my wife can rest first."

"Thank you, Brother Chen." Fourth Master smiled and greeted Chen Xiangdong.

Chen Xiangdong said hurriedly: "There is no need to be so polite between us. I have something to ask Brother Yin for help here."

Lin Yutong knew that this should be about the spinning mill.

She looked out through the car window and saw that the streets in Shanghai were also very chaotic. There were students protesting everywhere, and the streets were filled with promotional leaflets.

After settling down in the hotel, Chen Xiangdong held a banquet in the hotel in the evening to welcome Fourth Master. Lin Yutong also met Mrs. Chen who came with Chen Xiangdong.

At first glance, Mrs. Chen is an old-school woman, wearing a short jacket with a partial lapel and an old-fashioned skirt. Her posture is steady and dignified when she moves around.

In the box, Fourth Master and Chen Xiangdong didn't know what they were talking about. Only Mrs. Chen and Lin Yutong were left here.

"Mrs. Yin also likes Chinese food?" Mrs. Chen looked at Lin Yutong's delicious food, picked up a chopstick and asked tentatively.

Lin Yutong said with a smile: "I feel like I can't get enough of Western food. It's okay to treat it as a snack, or as a regular meal... That's absolutely not okay. Even if you have a plate of green vegetables with a bowl of rice or a bowl of soup, I feel like it's better than eating Western food."

Eating western food is pleasant and comfortable.”

Mrs. Chen smiled more sincerely, "Nowadays, there are not many people like Mrs. Yin who are so frank. They all seem to be foreign and not modern women. Every time I go out to socialize with our family member, I have to eat again when I get home.

Once, I was so scared when I heard that I was going out to socialize. This time he told me that you and your wife look foreign, but in fact you are both traditional people at heart. I didn’t believe it at first, but now I really believe it when I hear you say it.

Already."

Lin Yutong could tell that this lady was a bit dissatisfied with women who were particularly new-style. She remembered that the woman she saw with Chen Xiangdong on the train was a very new-style person. So she just smiled and said: "Eat Western food."

Wearing a dress is just a way to adjust your life. We have to live our daily lives how we should."

The words 'adjusting life' suddenly hit Mrs. Chen's heart. "I feel better when you say this. I heard from this person in my family that you met in the car. Then I

There is nothing to hide from you. I guess you have seen the woman with him, and I am not afraid of your laughter. She is now almost the second wife."

Lin Yutong was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Chen didn't introduce us to each other at that time. I really didn't know..."

"I followed him on a business trip, and I couldn't get rid of him." Mrs. Chen sighed, "And she said she was pregnant. Is this a new style? It's not as good as the old-school family before. What kind of rules are those? Wife

Wives and concubines are concubines. Nowadays, more people take their aunts and concubines out to socialize. What have you learned from studying abroad? They are all monogamous. Where did he learn this thing? I can't make a fuss.

Do you know what it feels like, love?" As he said that, he glanced at the fourth master and said, "The man is out there, having fun. You have to be careful."

Lin Yutong smiled. He couldn't say that he didn't need to worry about him. But he couldn't say anything bad about his husband either. So he quickly changed the subject, "What's that guy's background? He's so hard to dismiss."

"It's not that it's hard to get rid of, it's because I'm afraid that it won't look good if we make a fuss." Mrs. Chen said with some contempt on her face, "Her father is a comprador of a foreign company, which is nothing special. But he always feels that he is superior to others. My father-in-law and mother-in-law don't like it either.

I just bought a house and settled it outside. That’s okay, and I don’t have to worry about it in front of others.” He said with a smile, “Look at me, I don’t know why, I feel like getting along with you when I meet you, and I don’t want to talk to anyone.”

If so, I will talk to you endlessly. My maiden name is Li, my maiden name is Liuli, and I was born in the first year of the Republic of China. I should be older than you. If you don’t think I am rude, we are sisters."
To be continued...