Chapter 1214 Borrowing clothes, borrowing a way and borrowing a place to stay
In the basement, Wei Ran and Andy's rescue of Brother Tang is still continuing. However, as time goes by, both Wei Ran and Andy, and even Mei Xiang, who is watching with his sleeves tightened, and the three anxious-looking
Young girl, everyone realized that Brother Tang in the hospital bed might...
Three minutes, five minutes, six minutes, eight minutes, ten minutes. As time passed, all the adrenaline in the syringe in Andy's hand had been pushed in, but Brother Tang on the bed was unable to resume breathing on his own.
Wei Ran, who was kneeling on the bed and performing chest compressions with his heartbeat, although cold sweat broke out on his forehead, did not stop from beginning to end.
"Stop..." Andy finished speaking and sighed in vain.
Hearing this, Wei Ran's body trembled, but he continued to perform chest compressions that were destined to be fruitless.
"Stop," Andy said again, and then like crazy pushed Wei Ran away who still didn't want to give up.
Wei Ran, who almost fell off the bed, was about to say something, but Andy had already thrown himself on Brother Tang's chest and began to cry loudly.
"Cousin, go out." Mei Xiang sighed and said, "You also go to the passage and wait."
Hearing this, the three little girls, whose eyes were already red, covered their mouths and nodded, trying not to cry, and turned around and ran out of the basement.
"You should go out too," Mei Xiang said to Wei Ran again.
"good"
Wei Ran nodded, and then patted Andy's shoulder lightly as a gesture of comfort. Then he got off the bed and left the basement, which was once again filled with sadness. He sat down against the wall outside the door and gave himself some time.
I lit a cigarette and listened to Andy's sad cry and Mei Xiang's futile comfort in the room.
After smoking a cigarette silently, Wei Ran stood up while holding on to the wall, but Andy, with red eyes, also walked out.
"Wei Ran, please teach me how to shoot a telegram." Andy forced a smile and said, "I want to learn how to shoot a telegram."
"You..." Wei Ran sighed, "You don't have to be so strong."
"My brother's job has to be done by someone." Andy repeated stubbornly, and at the same time he allowed big tears to burst out, across his cheeks, and drip down his chin, "So I have to learn to take pictures.
telegraph."
"I can do it for Tang..."
"What if you have an accident? What if you are also captured by the Japanese?"
It was Meixiang who came out a little later and said this, "Not only Andy wants to learn, I also want to learn, Qiushi and Canhua will also learn together."
Wei Ran was stunned and asked, "When will it start?"
Looking at Andy, Meixiang thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow, now you and Jasmine...forget it, let Canhua come with you, you two go to Sanguanger to report the funeral to Mute Cao."
"He knows the location?"
"I told him last night," Mei Xiang replied.
"Can Uncle Mute be trusted?" Wei Ran asked the second question.
"Okay, there's no need to hide anything from him." Mei Xiang replied simply.
"I understand"
After speaking, Wei Ran glanced at Andy again who was wiping away tears. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Here... let Brother Tang change his clothes. When I come back, I can take a picture of him. I can also take a picture of him later."
Just think about it."
Hearing this, Andy nodded with tears streaming down his face, then cried again, and was pulled into Mei Xiang's arms, patting her shoulders gently to comfort her.
After finally looking at each other with Mei Xiang, Wei Ran returned to the hospital bed and picked up a medicine box that only consumed one epinephrine. Then he turned around and passed through the cotton curtains that blocked the crying and sadness, and left this hidden room.
Up the basement.
"Come with me to find Uncle Mute later," Wei Ran said to Tao Canhua, who was still guarding the door before leaving the storage room.
"Okay." Tao Canhua nodded.
"Do you know where he is?" Wei Ran continued to ask.
"Of course I know," Tao Canhua replied in the affirmative.
"Go and warm up the car, I'll be there right away." After saying that, Wei Ran walked through the cotton curtain hanging in the storage room and walked into his bedroom on the first floor carrying the medicine box.
After closing the door and putting away the medicine box, Wei Ran pulled out the small pistol from his waist, disassembled it as quickly as possible and inspected it, then assembled it and loaded it with bullets.
After putting on the woolen coat and top hat, Wei Ran put on a pair of Oxford boots, then took the sheepskin gloves on the table and left the room.
After such a short delay, Tao Canhua had already driven the car out of the garage and parked it in the yard that had just been cleared of snow by Uncle Meng and Ma Yang.
"Let's go"
Weiran opened the door and got into the back seat of the car and asked, "Are you carrying something with you?"
"No." Tao Canhua, who originally planned to step on the clutch, turned around and asked, "Do I need to bring it?"
"Let's go, no need." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he also lowered the top hat on his head.
Seeing this, Tao Canhua shifted gears and refueled, and skillfully steered the car out of the apartment and headed straight for San Guan'er.
I came back after a few years, and the only changes here compared to before were that there were more beggars and opium dens begging along the streets, as well as more men and women wearing kimonos.
Although it was only half past six in the morning, the street was extremely lively. All the shops were open, and the men in cotton robes and hats were cleaning the doors in front of them.
There's snow.
"Find a place to have breakfast first," Wei Ran said abruptly, "Find a food stall with the best taste."
"OK"
Tao Canhua responded, but just like when Wei Ran and Jasmine came together, he parked the car at the door of the cloth shop.
"Dude, the car has stopped for you." Tao Canhua greeted after getting off the car.
"It's Master Tao, please stop!" the guy said enthusiastically, "I'll show you."
"Then I'll trouble you."
Tao Canhua was extra polite. He took Wei Ran, who opened the door a little later, and strolled towards the breakfast stall not far away that was originally run by Uncle Meng.
"A bowl of gaba vegetables, a bowl of old tofu, and four sesame seed cakes."
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"coming!"
The waiter at the food stall responded with a loud voice and quickly brought over what Tao Canhua ordered.
"Which one do you want to eat?" Tao Canhua said, having already picked up a sesame seed cake wrapped in newspaper and took a bite.
"Let's do this"
As Wei Ran spoke, he brought the bowl of gaba vegetables in front of him, also picked up a sesame seed cake and ate it leisurely.
"It's rare to have a day off, why don't we get up early to go shopping in this crappy place?" Wei Ran said deliberately.
"Cousin, don't worry."
Tao Canhua obviously realized something, so he pretended to be mysterious and said, "I'll take you to a good place later!"
"If you dare to deceive me, you can go play the piano for the ghost on your knees this afternoon." Wei Ran deliberately threatened.
"That's not possible," Tao Canhua, who was co-acting, responded confidently.
Hearing this, Wei Ran stopped talking and took a bite of sesame seed cakes, a bite of pickles, and a bite of gaba vegetables. He filled his stomach in a hurry and at the same time secretly observed the surroundings to see if anyone was following them.
After a hot meal, Tao Canhua paid for the meal, took Wei Ran back to the cloth shop, and asked the man who was still sweeping the snow at the door, "Is there any new white calico that arrived today?"
"The white calico hasn't come yet, but there is some red calico. Master Tao, can you go in and take a look?" the waiter greeted warmly.
"Look, can I borrow your hut as well?"
"Why not?"
As the boy spoke, he threw the broom in his hand into the corner, then greeted "Second Master Wei" politely and enthusiastically, and then enthusiastically led them to the back room of the cloth shop.
"Borrow two sets of clothes to find a way." After Tao Canhua entered the inner room, he took out two large pieces of foreign currency and handed them to the cloth shop clerk.
Taking the silver dollar, the guy looked at Wei Ran and Tao Canhua up and down. Then he locked the door and took out two old gray cloth and cotton robes from a suitcase. He opened the robes and found various items inside.
There is a cotton hat and a gray scarf.
"Put it on"
As Tao Canhua spoke, he took off his woolen coat and put it on the hanger in the room. After putting on a cotton robe, he put on the cotton hat.
Seeing this, Wei Ran also took off his coat and put on his robe, then buttoned up the cotton hat and wrapped himself in a scarf, covering most of his face.
After the two of them had changed their clothes, the waiter immediately led them out of the back door and into an alley extending in all directions.
Although the sky has not yet fully lit up at this time, smoke has already been rising from the houses in the alley. Even the snow in the alley outside the door and the courtyard wall has mostly been wiped out by the diligent neighbors.
After cleaning, snow walls were built at the foot of the courtyard walls of each house.
Remaining quiet all the way, Tao Canhua and Wei Ran walked through the alley with a distance of about 20 meters. Finally, Tao Canhua stopped at the door of an inconspicuous-looking courtyard and knocked gently.
Door.
At the same time, Wei Ran, who was a corner away from him, immediately stopped when he saw this, lit a cigarette against the wall, and observed the direction behind him by lighting the cigarette.
After a moment of waiting, Wei Ran saw that Tao Canhua had knocked on the door, so he took off his cigarette holder, pressed the butt of the cigarette out in the snow on the roadside, then put it into his pocket, turned the corner and walked quickly.
Ran over.
Almost as soon as he entered the yard, a young man came out of the yard with a broom. While keeping watch, he was also cleaning up the few inconspicuous footprints left by Wei Ran and the others when they came in.
At the same time, Wei Ran was also taken by Tao Canhua to the west wing directly behind the entrance screen wall, where he met the bearded Cao Mute.
After babbling, he greeted the two of them to sit down. Cao Mute quickly took out an old newspaper and wrote on it with a pen, "What happened?"
"Brother Tang is dead"
Wei Ran whispered, "I left around six o'clock in the morning. The lady asked me to come and pay your respects."
Hearing this, Cao Mute was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh heavily, and for a while, the west wing fell into silence.
Seeing that Cao Mute was silent, Wei Ran also looked at the layout of the west wing room. A small earthen kang was connected to the stove. A briquette stove was lit next to the kang against the wall. On the low table at the end of the kang,
There is also a radio.
There is also a pick in the corner at the other end of the room. Looking at the objects on both ends of the pick, it seems to be a business of shaving heads in the streets.
Almost when he finished observing the layout of the room, Cao Muba picked up the pen again and wrote down a question, "Did he say anything before leaving?"
Hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head and asked, "How was Brother Tang exposed?"
"He used to work as a translator for a German company to hide his identity. The person who betrayed him has not yet been found."
"I sent a telegram for Andy last night."
Wei Ran paused and then said, "That telegram seems to have been written by Brother Tang when he regained consciousness, and asked Andy to send it after reestablishing contact. Also, Andy is preparing to take over her brother's job."
"The content of the telegram is..."
Cao Yaba just finished writing this, but he crossed out those words again, changed his position on the newspaper and wrote, "I will go to Hongwang Coal Store to order a cart of briquettes. We will pick up Juechen Ze when we go to deliver coal this evening."
Buried in the ground.”
It turns out his name is Tang Juechen, what a good name...
Wei Ran muttered to himself, turned to Tao Canhua and asked, "Do you know the location of the coal bank?"
"I know," Tao Canhua replied immediately, "in the past two years, our apartment has been burning briquettes from Hongwang Coal Store. How could we not recognize him?"
"Is there anything else we need to do?" Wei Ran asked.
"Protect the lady"
Cao Dumb wrote, "We have been investigating who betrayed Juechen. When we find out, we may need your help."
"No problem" Wei Ran and Tao Canhua agreed happily.
"Go back early. I'll ask Pike to give you news if there is any progress."
Cao Yuba waited for Wei Ran and Tao Canhua to finish reading, then immediately rolled up the newspaper with writing on the table and threw it into the briquette stove, where it burned into light ashes.
Leaving the west wing, Wei Ran and Tao Canhua waited until the young man clearing the snow at the door nodded, and then they went out one after another. After running a few steps forward, at the signal of a young man at the intersection, they headed towards another
The direction ran away.
When Tao Canhua and Wei Ran turned left and right and finally stopped again, they had already returned to the back door of Buzhuang.
After passing through the ajar wooden door, the two returned to the inner room and took off their cotton robes, hats and scarves, and then put on their original woolen coats and hats. The waiter also brought a coarse cloth bundle and said with a smile, "
Master Tao, the six-foot red flower cloth you requested has been stretched for you, and I will give you three yuan as a courtesy."
"You kid cheated me again"
Tao Canhua laughed and cursed, but he did not refuse this deceptive deal. He happily took out three oceans and threw them to the young man.
"Ouch! Thank you, Master Tao, for taking care of me!"
The clerk bowed and saluted as he accepted the money. He also used a feather duster to help Wei Ran and Tao Canhua each sweep away the non-existent dust on their woolen coats, and also gave them a series of good luck words.
After leaving Buzhuang under the escort of this enthusiastic young man, Tao Canhua drove Wei Ran and continued along the street, finally stopping at the entrance of a coal store on the edge of Sanguaner, almost at the corner of the British and French Concession.
"I'll go in and order coal myself," Tao Canhua said, already pushing the car door open.
Seeing this, Wei Ran, who was sitting in the back row, didn't get out of the car. He just lit a cigarette, opened the coarse cloth bag, opened the red flower cloth inside, looked at it, and then threw it aside.
Before finishing the cigarette, Tao Canhua walked out of the coal store, got into the cab and started the car.
"Who is running Uncle Meng's food stall now?" Wei Ran asked curiously after the car started running.
"You have no impression of the two young men who were recruited from the first batch of Chunhua Opera Troupe? That's right. You, the eldest young man who goes out to dance with your aunt every day, probably won't come here even once a year."
Chunhua Opera Troupe? Chunhua Qiushi? Wei Ran glanced at the back of Tao Canhua's head strangely, secretly wondering who gave this name.
Tao Canhua, who had just teased Wei Ran, also continued to explain, "The two of them really have no talent, their voices are not good, their backs are stiff, and they can't learn musical instruments, but they have learned all about Uncle Meng's cooking skills.
Later, the flood receded. After asking the two young men what they thought, the lady simply gave them a sum of money and asked them to set up the food stall again in Sanguang. Although the work was hard, at least they would not be cold or hungry.
And I can also help the mute uncle with some things."
"Speaking of this, how is Uncle Mute doing now?" Wei Ran asked tentatively.
"I don't know," Tao Canhua shook his head, "but Gouyu and Keqin are all working under Uncle Mute."
"Where are the Guan brothers and sisters?" Wei Ran continued to ask.
"I have never interacted with either of them. How would I know?"
Tao Canhua shook his head and joked, "Didn't you go to the dance hall with Brother Guan every now and then? And you even gave Miss Guan's belly..."
"It's not over, right?" Wei Ran lightly kicked Tao Canhua's seat back and cursed with a smile.
All the way back to the study apartment, Uncle Meng was still cleaning the yard, Yang Ma was preparing ingredients for lunch, and Qiushi was guarding the door of the storage room.
As for the half-grown children, it sounds like they are still in the banquet hall on the second floor, practicing ballroom dancing with Jasmine's piano accompaniment.
"Where's aunt?" Tao Canhua asked Qiushi.
"What's down there?" Qiushi pointed to the storage room behind her and lowered her voice and said, "I'm helping Miss Andy change Brother Tang's clothes. Brother Wei, the lady just borrowed a Chinese tunic suit from your room. She
Let me wait and talk to you when you come back."
"I see"
Wei Ran stepped into his room, closed the door and took out the Rolleiflex camera from the metal book. He also took off his woolen coat, gloves and hat.
When he came to the underground printing room again, Tang Juechen, who was covered in wounds, had put on a black tunic suit to cover the wounds all over his body. Even the stubble and hair on his face were carefully taken care of.
Seeing Wei Ran come in, Andy, with the help of Mei Xiang, helped Tang Juechen, who would never wake up again, and leaned against the wall. Then, she straightened her hair and moved a small round stool to sit on.
Beside the bed, she put her upper body as close as possible to her brother, and said to Wei Ran, "Take a photo of us together."
"good"
Wei Ran nodded, first turned on the lights above his head, then used the camera's viewfinder to cover the brother and sister, found a good angle and pressed the shutter.
After taking this photo, Andy stepped aside and took out her tortoiseshell cigarette holder, lit a camel cigarette shakily, took a deep puff, and asked to himself, "What did Mute Cao say?"
"He said he would come to pick up Brother Tang in the evening."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he pressed the shutter button for the second time and took a single photo of Tang Juechen. Then he walked to the bedside and reached out to gently help Tang Juechen close his eyes.
"Have you told him that I'm going to take over my brother's job?" Andy asked after taking a second puff of smoke.
"said"
Wei Ran put away the camera and replied, "Uncle Mute didn't give a clear answer. He only said that he would pick him up in the evening..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the red light on the wall of the printing room started to flash.
Seeing this, Mei Xiang ran out without forgetting to say, "Follow me quickly!"
After looking at Andy who was at a loss, Wei Ran gritted his teeth and followed Mei Xiang out of the printing room. After passing by the three girls who ran down, the two climbed up as fast as possible.
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At the same time, Tao Canhua on the other end immediately wiped the floor and handrails with a rag, then threw the rag into a drawer not far away and ran over, explaining in a low voice at a very fast speed,
"Mr. Furukawa's car drove over from a distance and is almost at the door now."
"Hide the camera." Mei Xiang, who was still wearing pajamas, glanced at Wei Ran, then quickly ran upstairs with Qiu Shi and Can Hua.
"Hide it," Wei Ran muttered to himself, and the Rollei double reflex camera in his hand also disappeared out of thin air.
Walking quickly up to the first floor, Wei Ran just happened to see Mei Xiang and Qiushi disappear at the corner of the stairs leading to the second floor. He also saw Uncle Meng pouring a little kerosene on the firewood that had been placed in the fireplace.
It was lit and covered with a bucket of red briquettes that had obviously just been brought from the boiler room.
When he walked to the foyer, he saw Little Su's mother who had gotten out of the car and was walking towards the door.
However, behind Xiao Su's mother, not only was Furukawa followed, but also the devil Ueda in a cotton robe, and a little girl wearing a dress and a mink coat, but judging from her age, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old.
"Where is Meixiang? She hasn't gotten up yet?!"
Little Su's mother, who was wearing a kimono, hadn't even come in yet, so she bit her nose and asked loudly, and then she didn't forget to blow her nose with a handkerchief.
"What time is this?" Wei Ran pointed to the clock behind him, "My cousin hasn't woken up yet."
"I feel like a dead person every day, just sleep!"
Xiao Su's mother snorted and walked upstairs while carrying the hem of her kimono and yelled, "Akishi?! Akimi?! Please help your lady get up!"
"Mr. Furukawa, Mr. Ueda, and this lady, please sit down."
Wei Ran politely moved the three of them to the sofa on the first floor, took the tea tray brought by Yang's mother, and while pouring tea for the three of them, he said apologetically, "I made you laugh, my cousin can sleep in, and there is no time yet at this time."
Wake up."
"It doesn't matter. It's rude that we came to visit so early without saying hello in advance." Guizi Ueda politely replied in Chinese, "Besides, please call me Mr. Tian."
We haven't seen each other for "several years". In addition to looking much older, this Japs has also acquired a Jinmen accent in his Chinese. Not only that, even his attitude is much more polite than when they met before. As for Mr. Tian he requested...
Wei Ran snorted coldly in his heart, but at the same time he gave himself a symbolic slap on the face, and said more apologetically, "Look at my memory! Come on, come on, Mr. Tian, please have some tea."
"Thanks"
Ueda took the tea cup from Wei Ran and waited for him to pour tea for the girl. Then he said, "This is my little girl Yumi. She just came to Tianjin from Dongjing to reunite with me."
"Miss Youmei, please have tea." Wei Ran politely poured a cup of tea for the little girl, who immediately thanked her in Japanese.
"Youmei just came to Tianjin"
Ueda said apologetically, "She doesn't speak Chinese yet. I heard from Xiao Su's mother that Miss Meixiang has Japanese classes here every Wednesday, so I wanted to send Yumi over to take classes with her. Maybe it would help her learn Chinese."
Without waiting for Wei Ran's response, Zhitian continued, "And after listening to the guqin music played by Mr. Canhua yesterday, my daughter admired it very much and wanted to learn guqin by the way."
This was not over yet. After Ueda sighed pretending to be troubled, a third reason popped up, "In addition, Furukawa-kun and I are going to the Shanghai Stock Exchange soon. I'm afraid it will take half a month to come back. I'm thinking about Meixiang."
Miss, there are many peers here, at least Yumi can have some playmates so that she won’t be lonely. So, please!”
"this..."
Wei Ran was about to say something, but Furukawa took out two large yellow croakers from his arms and shook them at Wei Ran, then reached out and stuffed them into the gap in the sofa.
Upon seeing this, Wei Ran, who had not thought about whether to refuse or how to refuse, immediately acted greedy.
Almost at the same time he nodded, Meixiang, who had put on a light-colored jacket and skirt, also walked downstairs and said unhurriedly, "Mr. Tian, you're welcome, we have been friends for many years.
My friend, if Miss Tian is willing to come to my study apartment to stay for a few days, of course we welcome her."
With that said, Mei Xiang glanced at Wei Ran and switched back to her native language and said, "As for playing the piano, how about letting my cousin teach her?"
"Little friend Wei Ran is also proficient in music?" Zhida looked at Wei Ran in surprise.
"I don't have idle people in my apartment," Mei Xiang said with a smile. "Although my cousin is not as good as Canhua, the few pieces of music he knows are much better than Canhua's."
"In this case, why not..."
"Why don't you let my cousin play Guangling San, Canhua's best song, for you?"
Meixiang proactively suggested without waiting for Ueda to finish speaking. Then, she put down her tea cup and stood up, "Now that we are here, let's go sit on the second floor. It's too cold on this floor. Uncle Meng, go and light the fireplace."
Be more prosperous. Cousin, go to the basement and carry a piano up to the second floor. Don't keep us waiting."
"okay!"
Uncle Meng and Wei Ran, who were busy in the kitchen, responded in unison. When Mei Xiang took Zhida and others upstairs, Uncle Meng picked up a bundle of firewood from the open space behind the kitchen and limped.
He walked towards the fireplace on the first floor and covered the red briquettes with the arm-thick fruit trees. Wei Ran also walked back to the storage room again.
