Chapter 3 Lu Yu Tea House

"Your Suzhen and my Tianyao were engaged last year. You received a 120-yuan engagement gift plus four sets of magenta (Magenta, the man gave the woman silk clothes during the engagement). You are now saying that you want to regret the marriage!" Zhao Meizhen took a few deep breaths: "No more, Suzhen hadn't rushed into the fire to save her last month, if it weren't for Tianyao's fire, she would have passed the seven-day burning! And she would marry a fellow? A Quan of the fruit business? Your mother, A Quan, is in her thirties, and has a wife. Do you want to send Suzhen to him as a little wife?"

Seeing Zhao Meizhen getting angry, Li Laoshi and Suzhen didn't speak, and Aunt Hong said with a smile on her face:

"Sister Zhen, you can't say that. Last year, you said Yaozai would definitely pass the police exam. I also want my daughter to have a good home, so I nodded to agree. But now the entire wooden house area knows that Yaozai won the exam but also offended the interviewer. He will not be allowed to take the exam again in the future. You are also a woman, I am also a woman, and they all know how important it is to marry a good man. Yaozai can only go to the dock or factory to start work in the future. She worked hard for a lifetime. Suzhen followed him and it is hard to guarantee that she would not suffer. My three sons, Suzhen, is the most precious daughter, she doesn't want her. I don't want her.

It's like I am poor for life. A Quan has mentioned this a long time ago. After learning about Tianyao, he just asked a matchmaker to mention it. We thought about it and agreed. There is nothing wrong with my little wife. At least after following A Quan, he has a fruit business that can ensure that Suzhen has no worries about food and clothing and does not have to suffer from hunger. What's more, A Quan's eldest wife has no children. When Suzhen gets married and has a son, the fruit business will be all Suzhen's children. The money and magenta will be deducted from the 300 yuan I sent the day before yesterday."

"Suzhen, your parents marry you to be a wife. What do you think? If you don't agree, I'll help you stand up!" Zhao Meizhen was too lazy to pay attention to her after hearing Aunt Hong's words, but asked Suzhen, who buried her head on Aunt Hong's shoulder.

Eighteen-year-old Li Suzhen raised her head and looked at Song Tianyao who was wearing shoes in the room first. She found that Song Tianyao didn't seem to have any surprise expression on her face. For some reason, seeing Song Tianyao's calm appearance now, Li Suzhen was actually a little disappointed. Could it be that he was not important enough in Song Tianyao's heart? He was about to marry someone else, but he didn't react?

She and Song Tianyao have known each other since childhood. Song Tianyao always protects her to avoid being bullied by other children in the wooden house area. If you have something delicious, you will always remember to leave a copy for yourself. Li Suzhen even thought that it would be great to spend her life with Song Tianyao like this, at least Song Tianyao really likes him.

Last year, when she heard that Song Tianyao was able to pass the police exam, Li Suzhen was very happy. She had met girls of the same age who married old policemen and became wives. They were all wearing silk and satin, jewelry, and the perfume smell on their bodies could float to the end of the street. There were people compliments everywhere they went, and she could become a policeman's wife, which meant that she would not be poor again and would not have a life of not having enough food.

But unexpectedly, this afternoon, everything changed. The people working at the dock sent back news that Song Tianyao offended the interviewer and did not pass the police. He could not take the recruitment again. Song Tianyao, who was born in the wooden house area, may have the future of going to the dock and factory to work. Many people work for the dock and have their whole life to marry a coolie. After being persuaded by the matchmaker and mother, Li Suzhen felt that she could not marry herself like this. She would rather marry 37-year-old A Quan as her little wife than marry a coolie and a worker to continue suffering.

"I'll listen to my parents..." After Li Suzhen said that, she continued to bury her head.

"You..." Zhao Meizhen shook the corners of her mouth, turned her head and shouted at Song Tianyao who had already stood up and was about to walk out: "Hey! Your wife who has not passed away is going to marry someone else as a little wife! You are a dead person!"

Song Tianyao came over and took half of her cigarette that she had not finished smoking from his mother, and smiled at the three people: "You have said that you have not passed the door, and of course you are not my wife. Let's calm down and cook porridge."

Zhao Meizhen didn't expect that her son was not angry at all, and glared at Song Tianyao in shock and angrily, unable to speak.

Song Tianyao said in a gentle tone to Li Suzhen's family of three in front of him:

"Honest Uncle, Aunt Hong, don't worry, I will definitely go to Suzhen's wedding banquet next month. Congratulations. The latest and fastest update, free reading provided"

Li Suzhen's family was scared by Song Tianyao's tone. She looked at this young man who had been familiar with since childhood. Song Tianyao sent the cigarette back to Zhao Meizhen's mouth:

"I won't go home to eat tonight, I'll make an appointment with a friend, and if I might, I won't come back to sleep, so I don't have to wait for me."

After saying that, he walked over to Li Suzhen and left his doorstep.

Zhao Meizhen didn't until her son disappeared from sight, and said viciously to Li Laoshi's family: "If something happens to Tianyao! I won't let you go if I'm a ghost! Standing at my house and waiting for me to serve you three, do you want to clean up? Raise my feet, I want to clean it!"

As he spoke, Zhao Meizhen picked up a broom and swept it to the three of them, rolled up a large area of ​​dust, and drove Li Laoshi's family out directly.

Song Tianyao, who had already left, was not angry at Li Suzhen's remorse for marriage. In his thirties, he had seen many women with red and white heads and white who changed their minds. It was no wonder that there was a Li Suzhen now. What's more, although Li Suzhen was beautiful, his gentle personality was not in line with Song Tianyao's appetite at this time. Women who were gentle and attractive to men must have amazing looks, otherwise, they would not be more attractive than those women with their own unique temperament.

Although Li Suzhen is a bit pretty, she is not even a nightclub dancer. She is not even the top star in a nightclub. It is not necessary to get angry with such a woman, and there are still opportunities in the future.

After leaving Jialin's border road, Song Tianyao went straight to Feiyue Foreign Clothing Store on Prince West Road. He opened the door and the owner of the foreign Clothing Store immediately greeted him with a smile:

"Sir, do you want to customize foreign clothes or long gowns?"

"Boss, I would like to ask if there is any foreign clothes that can be worn immediately. It is too slow to customize." Song Tianyao smiled back at the boss and said politely.

There are no clothing stores in Hong Kong now. The clothes people wear are not worn by people. The poor buy fabrics themselves, while the rich go to foreign clothing stores to hire tailors to tailor their clothes. More importantly, rich Chinese people will go to Shanghai to pay a lot of money to ask veteran tailors to help their family customize their clothes.

"Of course there are several sets, but someone paid a deposit in advance to customize..." The boss spoke in a difficult to do.

Song Tianyao took out ten dollars and handed them to the other party: "Is this ten dollars enough for expedited fees?"

"Enough, enough! I'll get it right away." The boss quickly walked into the inner room and walked out with three or four suits and shirt and tie with foreign clothes.

Judging from the boss's happy face now, Song Tianyao knew that these suits were not paid in advance and were collected by others. They were all inventory that no one had come to withdraw after paying the deposit, but Song Tianyao was too lazy to care about these things.

Two suits that were too tight were rejected by Song Tianyao, and finally chose a dark blue suit, paired with a white shirt and a bright blue twill tie. Finally, the leather shoes handed over by the foreign clothing store owner were worn on his feet.

Seeing Song Tianyao put on this outfit, the foreign clothing store owner couldn't help but say, "Sir, are you Manager Hua from the Oceanic Company?"

Song Tianyao's lips curled up, and he did not admit it or deny it. Although he looked a little undefeated, he was dressed in the foreign costume and gave people a sense of gentleness and heroism. He did look like the young Chinese managers walking out of the ocean as the boss said.

"How much does it cost to add up? By the way, if there is a leather wallet, please help me get one." Song Tianyao said to the boss.

The boss helped Song Tianyao bring an exquisite leather wallet, and then dialed the abacus to quote the price: "There are 243 yuan in total, thank you for your patronage, sir."

After Song Tianyao handed him the money in full, the boss found a bag to put the clothes that Song Tianyao replaced and wanted to return them to him. Song Tianyao smiled:

"Send it to a charity point and leave it to those who don't wear clothes."

The Hong Kong Christian Church has set up many charity points across Hong Kong, and people will regularly send clothes that you don’t wear or toys, tools and other items to help more poor people.

"You are really kind-hearted. Go slowly. Sir. Please come to me if you need it in the future." The owner of the foreign clothing store sent Song Tianyao outside the door and said politely.

If you don’t suppress the price, have a good temper and buy a lot of customers, this kind of customer is the most willing to see by the owner of a foreign clothing store.

Song Tianyao, who had changed his clothes, rushed to Tsim Sha Tsui to take the Star Craft to return to the Central Wharf, and then took a rickshaw from the Central Wharf to the Luyu Tea Room in Shanghuan.

Lu Yu Tea Room is a time-honored teahouse in Hong Kong. The owner of this tea room came from Shanghai in the 1930s to open this tea room. Therefore, the decoration of this tea room still maintains the old-fashioned style of the 1930s. The best rosewood seats, wide mahogany screens, yellowed scrolls hanging on the walls, waiters in old-fashioned Tang suits and "Da Ajie", long-gown tuning piano tuning artists, and Cantonese opera actresses who are ready to appear on stage at any time, let the tea guests enter the door feel the illusion of traveling back to the indulgent Shanghai in an instant.

As soon as Song Tianyao entered Lu Yu’s tea room, a smart and neat middle-aged man came to him enthusiastically:

"Sir, the first time I'm here? Do you want to climb the private room upstairs or are you going to have tea and listen to the opera on the first floor?"

"It's indeed the first time I've been here. I've just arrived in Hong Kong and I've heard of the name of Lu Yu's tea room for a long time. Today I'm here to see it." Song Tianyao said to the waiter.

The waiters who worked as teahouses in the 1940s and 1950s were not as simple as those in the 1990s and could only know how to welcome guests, deliver vegetables, serve tea, and pour water. The waiters who worked in the 1940s and 1950s would definitely be more than enough to be a manager of a large company in the future.

First of all, we must pay attention to our eyesight. This guest has been here once and can remember the other person’s appearance within at least half a year. This is the eyesight that a waiter in a large teahouse like Lu Yu Tea Room should have, and it is also the most basic skill.

Secondly, the waiters in this kind of teahouse, regardless of gender, have wide connections enough to make the business managers of later generations stunned.

Third, he is flexible, good at socializing, and pays attention to disputes in the teahouse. He does not need the manager to come forward, and the waiter can handle everything.

Moreover, the waiters in such large teahouses do not rely on the salary of fifty or sixty yuan a month to support their families. Every month, they can get at least 150 yuan home.

"The first time I came, and I just arrived in Hong Kong? Sir, where is my hometown?" When Song Tianyao heard that he had just come to Hong Kong, the waiter looked up and down at Song Tianyao and asked politely.
Chapter completed!