After getting in the car, Li Xiaoyun remembered to introduce her brother to Lin Yan. As for Li Daqi, Song Yuanchao's best friend, Lin Yan had already heard of his name, but it was just the first time she met him today.

They greeted each other warmly, and Li Daqi started the car. Although it was hot in the car, Li Daqi installed an electric fan on the top of the car. The fan started spinning as soon as the car started, and the humming sound of the motor was accompanied by the heat wave of the wind.

It's just like blowing it on your body, but it's much better than drying it in the sun.

This was Lin Yan's first time in Shanghai. She walked all the way from the train station to the city. Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Lin Yan felt very excited. When the car passed by some old buildings, Song Yuanchao would still be there.

Explain the origins of these buildings and the identities of their previous owners.

"Where is the house where the three tycoons of Shanghai and Haihai live?" Lin Yan suddenly asked.

Song Yuanchao immediately laughed: "They don't live here. The train station and my home are in the North District of Shanghai. The three tycoons live in the old concession and the South District. The company back then was in the east end near the river. I'll take it tomorrow.

You have a good time shopping around."

"Okay!" Lin Yan nodded happily. Compared with Yanjing, Shanghai is just a new city. Although Shanghai was the fiefdom of the famous Chunshen Lord as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it really developed in the 1940s.

It's an era later.

However, in just over a hundred years, Shanghai has become the largest and most economically developed city in China. Coupled with the old news of Shili Foreign Market and the legends of those influential figures in the past, Shanghai has lacked historical accumulation.

There is also an attractive side.

"I'll go too, I'll go with you. By the way, I know there are many delicious places to eat. Sister Yanzi, I'll treat you." On the side, Li Xiaoyun raised her hands and cheered. The happiest thing about Lin Yan's coming is

She knew that Lin Yan was coming. Li Xiaoyun had already thought about how to take Lin Yan to go shopping. There were many interesting and delicious places in Shanghai. She had always been taken care of by Lin Yan in Yanjing. This time it was her turn to be the host.

La.

Li Xiaoyun's eagerness made everyone laugh. The four of them were chatting and laughing in the car, and soon they arrived near Song Yuanchao's home. Li Daqi parked the car on the roadside, carried their luggage with Song Yuanchao, and took Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun to the alley.

Go inside.

"This is the alley?"

Seeing the alleys of Shikumen for the first time, Lin Yan looked around curiously. Song Yuanchao had told Lin Yan about the alleys, and he even compared the alleys of Yanjing with the alleys. When he walked into the alleys, he was greeted by a sense of life.

Although the layout is different from the alleys in Yanjing, Lin Yan has to admit that Song Yuanchao is right. The lanes in Shanghai are indeed somewhat similar to the alleys in Yanjing in some aspects.

"Hey, isn't this aid to Korea? Are you back?"

"Yuan Chao, who are these two girls? Is that your girlfriend?"

"You are not yet 70 or 80 years old and your eyesight is dim? This little girl is Li Xiaoyun, Daqi's sister. She has been here many times. This beautiful girl should be the one to aid Korea."

"That's right, it's so hot today, I'm going to feel dizzy from the heat, hahaha..."

As soon as they entered the alley, they met the neighbors. Everyone greeted Song Yuanchao affectionately, and at the same time looked at Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun who were with Song Yuanchao and the others.

Song Yuanchao greeted everyone openly. From time to time, he would stop and take out some special snacks brought back from Yanjing from his luggage and share them with everyone. When he saw a child, he would grab an extra handful and touch each other's cheeks.

My little head asked a few questions with a smile.

"Brother aiding Korea! Brother aiding Korea!"

While they were talking, several children ran up from a distance. They were running at the front, holding a toy gun in their hands. They were sweating profusely and their sea soul shirts were dirty. They looked like little kids who had rolled in the mud.

Isn’t that guy Zhang Hao?

"Little Haozi!" Song Yuanchao smiled when he saw this kid. This little guy has grown taller after half a year, but he is still as naughty as before.

The few friends who followed him were either classmates or children from the neighborhood. Ever since he got the toy gun given to him by Song Yuanchao, Zhang Hao has become the most handsome boy in the alley. Now during the summer vacation, he shoots the gun every day

Liang ran out with the toy gun on his waist to play wildly with his friends, and he would never come back until it was time for dinner.

"Brother Yuanchao, you're back! Did you bring anything delicious?" Zhang Hao chuckled, his eyes wandering towards the luggage Song Yuanchao was carrying, when Song Yuanchao happily took out a bag from the luggage.

When the big bag of fruit peels came out, Zhang Hao couldn't take his eyes away anymore.

"Take it and share it with your children. Remember not to swallow it all." Song Yuanchao directly stuffed a bag of fruit peels into Zhang Hao's arms. Zhang Hao screamed with joy and then waved to his friends.

The skinny king shouted happily and ran away in an instant, and no one was around.

"Is this Xiao Haozi?" Lin Yan asked as she watched them run away.

"Yes, he is Zhang Hao, the son of Uncle Jianguo. The boy is very smart, but he is very playful, but boys only succeed after they are naughty."

Song Yuanchao watched Zhang Haoyuan go away, and couldn't help but think of his own childhood. He was also a skinny boy at that time. How can you call a boy a boy if you don't have skinny skin? Although well-behaved children are liked by adults, in Song Yuanchao's view, children with skinny skin are more attractive.

childish.

Continuing to walk in, when they were almost at the door of the house, the Zhang family's aunt and Xiao Pingping, who had heard the news, also came out.

Seeing Zhang's mother-in-law standing at the door looking at him from a distance with a kind smile, Song Yuanchao quickly stepped forward and reached out to hold the old man's arm.

"Auntie, why did you come out on such a hot day?"

"When I was in the house, I heard a wailing sound outside. I asked Pingping to come out and take a look. Pingping came back and said it was you who came. How can I sit here? Isn't it coming out?" Zhang's mother's spirit came out.

Yes, despite the hot weather, he was still as healthy as usual, which made Song Yuanchao feel relieved.

"It's hot outside, let's go in and talk." Song Yuanchao picked up Xiao Pingping and supported the Zhang family's mother with one hand as she walked inside. Lin Yan and Li Daqi followed behind. When they entered the house, it was on the first floor and the sun was not shining.

Under direct sunlight, it feels much cooler than outside.

Looking at the electric fan running in the room, Song Yuanchao frowned slightly: "Auntie, didn't I ask Daqi to install the air conditioner for you? Why don't you use it?"

In June, Song Yuanchao specifically asked Li Daqi to install air conditioners for himself and his aunt Zhang's family. The air conditioners were specially bought at Youyi Store.

On April 1 this year, the country officially issued foreign exchange certificates. Foreign exchange certificates began to appear as a special currency or ticket between foreign currencies and RMB. With the emergence of foreign exchange certificates, correspondingly, in Shanghai, Hainan, Yan

A special type of store has appeared in big cities like Beijing, and these stores are foreign-related stores.

Friendship Store is the largest foreign-related store in Shanghai. There are many hot-selling products that cannot be bought in ordinary stores, including many imported goods. Of course, these things cannot be bought with ordinary money, and you need to use foreign exchange coupons to purchase them.

, thus correspondingly forming a special profession in the market, this profession is "scalper"

Scalpers in Shanghai are also known as "pile driving models". They often hang around Friendship Stores, major foreign-related hotels, and the Bank of China, muttering "Foreign currency is cut... Foreign exchange certificates are cut..." and privately operate RMB and

Buying and selling of foreign currencies and foreign exchange bonds from various countries.

For Song Yuanchao, foreign exchange coupons were not a difficult thing. He could easily get some foreign exchange coupons through his connections in Xiangjiang and Yangcheng. Of course, he had never thought of making money by relying on foreign exchange coupons, but with foreign exchange coupons, he could buy many things.

It is much more convenient, including entrusting Li Daqi to help install the air conditioner.

Today's air conditioners are definitely not as good as those of later generations, and they are limited to the power and layout of old houses. The air conditioner Li Daqi bought is an old-fashioned window unit, but in this era, window air conditioners are already very advanced things. You must know that they are absolutely

Most people have never even seen an air conditioner.

Even if it is a low-power window machine, Li Daqi still replaced all the old wires of the Zhang family and Song Yuanchao during the installation. Even the electric meter was replaced with a new one, in order to avoid the high-power electrical appliances.

Once the voltage and current are unstable, problems arise.

This is what Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi were talking about before. The air conditioner was installed a few days after it was purchased for use in the hot summer.

"It's too cold when the air conditioner is turned on. Besides, it uses a lot of electricity. It's not too hot in my room during the day. I've long been used to the electric fan blowing. I turn it on for two hours before going to bed and then turn it off all night.

It's good to be safe and sound." Zhang's mother-in-law said with a smile.

For an old person like her, thrift is already a deep-rooted habit. Compared with the power consumption of an electric fan, the power consumption of the air conditioner is several times that of an electric fan. Although it is comfortable to blow when turned on, you can see the meter running rapidly in circles.

, the Zhang family’s aunt felt that her heart was a little overwhelmed.

However, after Song Yuanchao and the others entered the house, Zhang's mother didn't care about the electricity bill and went straight to turn on the air conditioner. When the air conditioner buzzed, gusts of cool breeze immediately dissipated the heat in the room.

Knowing A Niang's character, Song Yuanchao didn't say much on this matter. He thought about waiting for Zhang Jianguo to talk to Zhang Jianguo when he came back. The old man was old and the summer in Shanghai was too hot. He would just buy an air conditioner for the old man.

Yeah, what's the point of leaving it alone?

Besides, how much is the electricity bill worth? Does Song Yuanchao care about these electricity bills? This is what Song Yuanchao hopes for the old man to live well.

"Yuan Chao, this girl is...?" The Zhang family's mother noticed Lin Yan when she was at the door, and now after sitting down, her eyes were looking back and forth at Lin Yan.

"I almost forgot, grandma, let me introduce you. This is Lin Yan, my partner. I mentioned it to you before. You can just call her Yanzi, that's how we all call her."

"Yanzi...? This is a good name. It makes me happy when I hear it." When the Zhang family heard Song Yuanchao said that Lin Yan was his partner, she laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. Song Yuanchao didn't bring Lin Yan back during the previous winter vacation.
Chapter completed!