"This is normal. What European and American women love most is stockings. The Japanese buy our raw silk and cooked silk in large quantities, process them into stockings and silk, and export them to Europe and the United States. They are said to be very popular and profitable."
Yan Xiaohui smiled.
"What about silk? Europeans and Americans rarely wear silk clothes." Lu Ming has never understood the purpose of Japan's attempt to monopolize Chinese raw silk.
"We didn't know about it at first, but later we learned about silk strategic materials. We heard that Europe and the United States use them to make parachutes." Yan Xiaohui said with a smile.
"Parachute?" Lu Ming felt something ominous when he heard this word.
Since the emergence of airplanes in the European War, that is, World War I, a new gadget called parachutes has appeared. For precious pilots, parachutes are naturally a necessary life-saving item.
Are Europe and the United States really preparing for war by importing large amounts of silk?
Lu Ming couldn't think about this. Anything related to war, no matter big or small, or even clues, would arouse his vigilance.
Lu Ming still reports the situation to his teacher Frank every week now. He is really like a news observer, analyzing and summarizing some of the situations he observed and reporting them to Frank. After all, he is paid a monthly salary of five hundred dollars.
However, those US dollars have been sitting in the account without any movement.
This profession has allowed him to develop a sensitivity to external things. Every little thing or word will attract his attention and association.
Seeing that Lu Ming could not be persuaded, Yan Xiaohui had no choice but to leave reluctantly.
She came to Lu Ming on leave and had to go back to see patients. There were not many gynecologists in Tongren Hospital, so she basically had to sit in the clinic every day.
However, there were not many patients every day. At that time, women usually endured gynecological diseases and were ashamed to let others know. They would not go to the hospital until they couldn't bear it anymore.
It is also customary to go to the hospital to find a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Although Western medicine is more advanced than traditional Chinese medicine in gynecological diagnosis and treatment, and the treatment effect is much better, the reason why a habit becomes a habit is because of the iron wall of time.
Generally speaking, only women with higher education will come to the hospital to check for gynecological diseases. If they encounter a male doctor, they will be shunned, so Yan Xiaohui is basically the only one who treats gynecology in Tongren Hospital.
She really wanted to stay with Lu Ming for a while, but she was still worried about things in the hospital, so she could only hold Lu Ming's hand and ask him to go downstairs.
At noon, Lu Ming went to Badawan Restaurant for dinner. The shopkeeper and the waiters were very enthusiastic. Lu Ming was the best customer for them. He was generous and never picky. He didn't show off to the waiters like a rich young man and was very approachable.
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Lu Ming looked at the bill. He still had a lot of money left, so he prepaid another hundred yuan and put it on the account.
The shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly. What bothered them the most was the shabby people who settled down in Shanghai. They used their false reputations to come here and yell at each other. They never paid for food and drinks immediately, and it wouldn't do if you didn't give them credit. After all, these people still have some foundation and don't have much money. But
If I seriously make trouble for you, it will be enough for you to drink a pot.
Credit accounts are the most troublesome thing for restaurants. If you don't press, you won't pay. If you press too hard, you'll pay less, and it's like a reward. As a result, the account will snowball, and the amount owed will increase.
The owner of the debt is not in a hurry, but the restaurant owner is in a dilemma. Although there is a prosperous income every day, three out of ten customers have credit, and the restaurant cannot stand it.
There is no one like Lu Ming, who not only doesn't pay the bill but also pays in advance. When you meet him in a restaurant, you will be in high spirits.
After Lu Ming had eaten and drank enough, he still ordered food and wine for four people, put them in four food boxes, and asked two waiters to follow them and deliver them to the apartment.
There were countless pairs of eyes staring at him around him, but since the other party believed that An Gonggen and his gang were hiding in the building, he didn't need to be secretive and just be more generous.
After he delivered the four food boxes to An Gonggen and the other four, he didn't say anything superfluous except asking them to be more careful.
"It's really unpleasant to always eat free food like this." An Gonggen said with a wry smile while drinking wine and eating meat.
Lu Ming was hospitable and didn't care about the small amount of money, but they felt that they deserved it. Especially when Lu Ming was under such great pressure and looked at the Japanese bullets as if nothing was wrong, they had mixed feelings.
"Yes, in fact, Master Lu can help us rescue Sister Chunyue, which is already a great kindness. Captain, why don't we contact the brothers outside and ask them to be prepared, and come together in the middle of the night to rush out!
" said one person
"Yes, Captain, we can't drag Master Lu down anymore." Another person added.
"But who can guarantee that the person we are contacting is not a traitor?" An Gonggen said with a bitter smile.
"No way, after so many years, Jin Huan is our life and death brother."
"I didn't say he was, but I can't guarantee that he wasn't. Isn't Park Zhenchang also a brother in life and death? Who would have expected that he would become a traitor." An Gonggen said coldly.
Park Zhenchang is the traitor who betrayed their operation. This matter has been found out. Now Park Zhenchang is hiding in the Japanese consulate.
They were puzzled as to why Park Zhenchang rebelled and surrendered to the enemy?
Fear of death and greed for glory and wealth are the weaknesses of human nature. Once this weakness overcomes one's own beliefs, rebellion will be a matter of time.
Pu Zhenchang couldn't stand the test and didn't want to live in fear anymore, so he stood on their opposite side.
Of course, this does not mean that they can forgive this traitor. On the contrary, their people outside are already prepared to get rid of this traitor no matter how much it costs once Park Zhenchang walks out of the Japanese consulate.
"Captain, what should we do? We can't keep wasting things like this." A subordinate asked.
Living for free all the time while asking others to take in them at great risk is not the life a revolutionary should live.
"What else can we do? Since we owe a debt, we owe it to the end. Our actions now will disrupt Master Lu's plan, so we should listen to his arrangements."
An Gonggen was at his wits' end. He could still contact the outside world, but after listening to Lu Ming's analysis, he felt that contacting the outside world was too risky. If they encountered another traitor, they would die in vain.
Doubts still exist. They were hiding in Wanguo Apartment. How could the Japanese locate them so quickly? Park Zhenchang didn't know about it, which means there may be other traitors.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Yuan Mingzhu called and told Lu Ming in code. The general idea was this: the hen and the two chicks had left Shanghai safely. They were escorted by their brothers throughout the whole process. After arriving in Nanjing, they were escorted by the people there.
The brothers are responsible for the placement.
Lu Ming thanked her repeatedly, and then asked Yuan Mingzhu how to thank her elder brother.
"Why are you thanking him? If you want to thank me, just thank me. It was all arranged by me, not my elder brother." Yuan Mingzhu said with a hearty smile.
"Then there's no need to thank you." Lu Ming smiled.
"No, no, don't cheat, you have to thank me." Yuan Mingzhu shouted.