In Shanghai this year, there was no atmosphere in the new year.
A red lantern with paper paste was hung at the gate of the alley, which was staggered by the cold wind and tasted as light as water in the new year.
Gunfire blocked the traffic. Gu Zhen only received a telegram from her mother.
The telegram was sent to her by her classmates in Yuecheng. Her mother and sister thought she was in Yuecheng.
The mother said in the telegram, "the situation is too chaotic. If there is a war in Yuecheng, go back to your hometown. The key is in Uncle four''s house."
The fourth uncle is her stepfather''s uncle. He and his fourth aunt are very nice to Gu''s mother and daughter.
Gu Zhen asked her classmates to send a telegram and ask them to help call back. There were only two words: "I know."
She doesn''t think she''s got there yet.
The Chinese new year newspaper takes a five-day break and goes to work on the fourth day of the lunar new year.
Gu Zhen got her first salary at the beginning of the year and wanted to buy rice. The rice in her family has bottomed out. She usually goes back to cook by herself at night.
"We have to buy rice quickly. The price of rice is not the same as that of years ago. It is estimated that it will rise." Colleagues said.
Gu Chen was in a panic.
It was raining outside after work that day. The rain was heavy, cold to the bone, and the wind blew.
Her clothes were wet by the rain. Thinking of the bad weather, she was afraid it would be difficult to carry rice home. There were fewer rickshaws on the street.
But she remembered what her colleague said again.
If the price of rice goes up again, she won''t be able to eat at this salary.
She hesitated and went to the door of the rice shop.
Unexpectedly, there was a long queue at the door of the rice shop so late. The boy shouted at his throat: "buy ten kilograms per person. If there is more, get the ticket first."
When picking up tickets, the man standing next to him looks familiar. He can''t buy many tickets once.
Gu, who was still hesitant, suddenly realized that if she didn''t buy rice today, she might not be able to buy it.
She hurried to line up.
At a glance, she looked at the man who followed her.
The man persevered and followed regardless of wind or rain. From the beginning of his fear to now, Gu is relieved to see him.
At least, with him every day, she is safe to go to and from work.
She lined up for more than an hour, from dusk to dark.
Seeing that she was a thin girl, the boy said, "you can buy five kilograms. You can''t carry more."
"No, I want ten jin," Gu said hurriedly
There''s no way to give her ten pounds of tickets, boy.
She went to buy rice. When she paid, she saw the price. Rice was three times more expensive than years ago, which was pretty good.
She holds an umbrella in one hand and ten kilograms of rice in the other. She still has a pair of lonely high heels on her feet. The whole person is shaky.
She hugged MI and stood by the roadside waiting for the tram.
The tram arrived, and the nearest station was about two miles away from the alley where she lived.
She took the tram for 30 minutes. When she got off, a woman led her three children to get off.
The children were not small, and rushed towards her at once. She stumbled, sprained her high-heeled shoes, and her feet hurt badly. The umbrella in her hand was swept away by the wind and rice was scattered all over the ground.
Instead, the child''s mother scolded her, "don''t you look at the road?"
Then he said to his child, "be careful. The rice in this place is useless. If someone else wants to step on it and slip, will you pay for it?"
When Gu''s foot pain eased, the woman had gone away with the child.
Gu Kun took off his shoes and looked at the rice bag. There was only half of the bag left.
Several beggars rushed up and grabbed the broken rice on the ground. You grabbed it and I grabbed it. It was scattered.
Gu Zhen was stunned and trembled slightly when he was wet by the rain.
Her umbrella had long been blown away by the wind.
Holding a small bag of rice, she simply took off her shoes and walked home step by step.
If you don''t hurt your foot badly, you just sprained. How can you wear high heels without spraining your feet? Just take off your shoes and walk as usual.
This is good news today.
Just walking barefoot in socks, the soles of the feet were hurt by the stones on the road.
Every time Gu Kun took a few steps, he would stop to hold the street lamp pole next to him and let his feet rest.
The cold rain was still pouring on her, and the little bag of rice left in her arms was soaked through.
At this time, a dark shadow suddenly approached and shrouded her.
Gu Kun was startled.
As soon as I looked back, I saw the hooligan in Hongmen coming with an umbrella.
He didn''t speak either. He stuffed the umbrella into her arms and picked her up.
Suddenly in the air, Gu was so frightened that she almost cried out. The rice bag and umbrella in her hand were about to fall to the ground. She hurriedly hugged the rice and grabbed the umbrella, but forgot to be afraid.
When she recovered, she was already in the arms of others.
The rascal''s character is not very good, but he is very tall and strong. His skin is darker than ordinary people, so he looks particularly terrible.
"Put me down, I can go myself!" Gu Chen struggles.
The other party was very cold and tightened her arm: "I''m going to hand over my shift. Who has the time to follow you back slowly!"
A cluster of anger rose in Gu''s heart.
She wanted to say: in that case, don''t follow her every day!
She''s a victim. Why does she seem to be wasting people''s time?
How unreasonable!
But where is the world reasonable?
Gu Zhen is a soft character. She can''t do bad words relative to her and bears it silently.
The man is tall and has long legs. Gu Zhen has to walk for more than ten minutes. He will arrive in a few minutes.
At the gate of the alley, he put down Gu Chen, rudely took his umbrella, didn''t look at her, turned and walked out.
The successor arrived.
"Nothing today." Bai Xiandao.
The companion shrunk his frozen hand and scolded in a low voice: "Damn it, it''s cold and wet! What''s the use of watching her? Can''t you torture her quickly?"
"It is estimated that it is also to prevent the fish from escaping." Bai Xiandao.
They are useless in the gang. They are at the bottom of the gang. It''s better to find something to do for them.
Therefore, companions feel that following Gu Chen is worthless. In fact, they ignore the root cause because they are worthless to the gang.
Bai Xian simply explained a few words and turned around to leave.
But the companion smiled and pulled him, and said obscene, "are you going to sleep with haoxue again?"
Bai Xian said faintly, "yes."
"OK, you go. You two are very affectionate." The companion said with a smile.
Bai Xian frowned inadvertently.
It was not this sentence that made him unhappy, but the obscene and slippery attitude of his companions made him very uncomfortable.
Haoxue is a singer, surnamed Bai, who works in a song and dance hall.
The real boss behind the scenes of that song and dance hall is Zhang Xinmei. That''s why he met Zhang Jiuye and became an undercover of Zhang Jiuye.
He and Bai haoxue are orphans of the welfare hall. They were not close when they were young. Later, they grew up and left the welfare hall together. They haven''t read a book and don''t know words. What else can they do besides doing coolies?
When he was a child, he was called stone and haoxue was called Sanya.
Since entering the song and dance hall, haoxue changed his name and his own.
Make it nondescript.
Haoxue gave it to him. No matter good or bad, he had to accept it.
He also lives in the song and dance hall, but not in haoxue''s room, but under the stairs of the storage room.
With such heavy rain and the end of the new year, the song and dance hall is still lively. The French concession in greater Shanghai has the feeling of "the first half of the soldiers are dead, and there are still songs and dances under the accounts of beauties".
"Stink shameless, agreed to accompany me tonight!" After he approached, he saw haoxue holding a guest and not letting go. He was already drunk.
The guest touched his hand and begged for mercy: "I really have to go back. My uncle will arrive tomorrow morning."
Haoxue didn''t give up: "take your brother-in-law with you. You''re not allowed to go anyway."
The guest was a little anxious and almost pushed haoxue staggering.
Bai Xian came forward and pulled haoxue from the guest. The guest ran away in a hurry.
Haoxue was really drunk. She couldn''t stand pushing and shoving like this. She held the stone pillar next to her and vomited.
After she vomited, she looked up and saw Bai Xian. She smiled, "stone!"
Bai Xian asked, "why did you make trouble with the guests again?"
"These dead things are stingy one by one! It''s not easy to catch one, but you have to dig some oil and water out." Bai haoxue said.
Bai Xian helplessly helped her to the dressing room to rest.
He brought her warm water to rinse her mouth and asked for a plate of hot water to wash her face and hands.
"Or don''t do it." Bai Xian couldn''t help saying.
Bai haoxue said with a smile, "is it difficult to go to the next hall? When I was young, I always had to earn some money. In the future, I will buy a piece of land in the countryside, and we will have something for the rest of our lives. It''s better to be a singer than a trick girl. Why do you think I''m dirty?"
Bai Xian''s eyes were cold.
Haoxue pulled his face: "Oh, are you jealous again?" She had a good temper. When she said this, she suddenly felt unhappy and slapped Bai Xian in the face: "are you still jealous? What qualifications do you have to be jealous? You are a cheap bastard and have become a hooligan. How dare you dislike me? Did I sell it?
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Bai Xian stiff his neck.
"I tell you, stone, you can''t get rid of me in your life! You despise me. What did you do when you climbed into my bed when you were 14? Smelly hooligan, you''ve been a bitch since childhood. Now you have a long face!" Haoxue scolded.
Bai Xian let her scold. Her fingers fell deeply into the meat and pinched out deep marks on the palm of her hand.
Later, several other dancers came in, pressed haoxue and said, "sister Bai, don''t be angry."
Bai Xian turned and left without saying a word.
A little dancer who had just entered the industry for half a year caught up and whispered to Bai Xian, "brother Bai, don''t be angry. Sister haoxue is drunk today."
The little dancer always wants to find a chance to talk to Bai Xian and take care of him inexplicably.
Unexpectedly, Bai haoxue rushed out.
She grabbed the dancer''s collar and slapped her in the face: "you little wave hoof, seduce my man!"
After that, she slapped Bai Xian again. "I knew you were upset, kind-hearted, smelly, poor!"
Finally, the manager came forward to subdue haoxue''s noise.
Bai Xian went downstairs to call Zhang Xinmei''s people and tell them all about Gu Chen today.
When the matter was over, the man over there suddenly asked on the phone, "white stone, are you crying?" "No." Bai Xian hung up the phone.