"Miss Ayako, if nothing happens, I will go back." Jiang Xinyu said.
Chang Hongling: "Chief Jiang, thank you for today."
Hattori Mina said calmly: "Ayako, um, can I come back tomorrow to help you clean up the house?"
Chang Hongling smiled meaningfully: "No, there's nothing to deal with, go and do your work!"
Mina Hattori saw through her thoughts and followed Jiang Xinyu out with a red face.
Watching them arrive downstairs, Chang Hongling immediately checked the lights, telephones, and all the places with electricity. She was looking for any bugs. According to the department, Yanxiong had no suspicions about her, but she had to take precautions.
The greatest advantage of letting Hattori Hikoo arrange his residence is that no one will doubt the identity of the military police captain's friend, and living in Shangmaqiao will also provide the greatest guarantee of safety. After all, Chang Hongling is Japanese.
After getting in the car, Hattori Mina asked: "Where are we going?"
Jiang Xinyu thought for a while and said, "I heard that Fujucheng has a huge price reduction these days. Can I go shopping with you?"
"Okay, okay." Hattori Mina's eyes lit up.
There are all kinds of women in this world, and their personalities and hobbies are all kinds of weird. Some don't like Eastern things, and some don't like Western things. But there are almost no women who don't like shopping.
Fujucheng has a history of hundreds of years. The owner started from a grocery store. After several generations of hard work, it developed into one of the best department stores in Yanjin.
But today's Fujucheng is very different from before. Under all kinds of coercion and inducement, the boss was forced to sell half of the company's shares to a Japanese businessman at a low price. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to continue operating in Yanjin Shunshundangdang.
It's too difficult.
Fujucheng is located on Songdao Street in the Japanese Concession. It is an independent four-story building. The first, second and third floors sell various commodities. The fourth floor is entertainment facilities, billiard rooms, dance halls, opium dens, and even unlisted restaurants.
Any casino can be run as long as Japanese people participate in it.
There were only a few customers at the jewelry counter on the second floor. Jiang Xinyu said to Hattori Mina: "Don't you want to buy a jade bracelet? Come on, go and have a look."
Hattori Mina's heart was like a deer, thinking that Jiang Xinyu remembered everything she said casually. Does it mean that he cares about her?
The salesperson at the counter said enthusiastically: "What would you like to choose?"
Jiang Xinyu asked: "Is there a better jade bracelet?"
The salesperson said apologetically: "Sorry, we don't have jade bracelets at the moment, but there are several kinds of jade pendants. Would you like to take a look?"
Hattori Mina asked in confusion: "Are all the jade bracelets sold?"
"No, it has been out of stock for a long time. It will probably arrive next week."
"Oh..." Hattori Mina was extremely disappointed. The jade bracelet itself didn't matter, what mattered was the intention.
Jiang Xinyu glanced at his watch. It was almost noon and said, "Then let's come back next week...are you hungry?"
"A little bit." Hattori Mina nodded.
"There is a restaurant nearby that has very delicious soy sauce bones. I will take you to try it."
"Um."
The jade bracelet has been out of stock for a long time. If Chang Hongling said she bought the jade bracelet yesterday, she would be lying. She didn’t buy the jade bracelet at all, but someone gave it to her!
Why should she lie? Of course, the identity of the person who gave the jade bracelet cannot be revealed!
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"Offer copper and iron, Japan and China are on good terms! Offer copper and iron, Japan and China are on good terms!" the security chief banged the gong and shouted along the street.
The purpose of donating copper and iron is to support the arsenal of the Japanese army. It is led by the Maintenance Committee. Basically, it is done with great fanfare every one or two months. Usually the chief of the security department makes a publicity first, and then the police station.
The detective team will send personnel to supervise the payment situation.
After so many years of plundering, the common people actually have no extra copper and iron in their hands.
A crosstalk artist once told a traditional piece "Monkey Playing". To play the monkey, you have to beat the gong. He said to Pengwei: "If we are playing monkey, I have to imitate the sound of the gong with my mouth." Pengwei asked: "
Where is your gong?" He said, "My gong has been sacrificed with copper."
Because he "satirized the Imperial Army and undermined the goodwill between Japan and China," the crosstalk artist was arrested and sent to the detective team the next day. He was beaten indiscriminately and then imprisoned for more than ten days. He almost lost his life in prison.
At the prescribed location, there is a "copper and iron offering place" guarded by two policemen, where various iron and bronze items are piled up.
Zhou Renjie came over with a cigarette in his mouth and said, "It's been all morning, is this all?"
He turned around and waved, calling: "Ahua, come here!"
Ah Hua trotted all the way to Zhou Renjie.
Zhou Renjie spit out the cigarette butt from his mouth and said, "How long have you been in the team?"
Ah Hua thought for a moment and said, "It's been almost a month."
Zhou Renjie nodded and said: "It's been more than a month and I can't even bully others. How can I continue like this?"
Ah Hua said with a bitter face: "Captain, I used to be a bookstore clerk. I didn't even have the courage to say something harsh to others. I bullied them... not to mention, I would be in high demand if others didn't bully me."
Zhou Renjie glanced at him and said: "Bookstore clerk? Are you too into the drama? You turned out to be a military commander! If you didn't have this identity, could Major Hattori send you to the detective team!"
Ah Hua didn't dare to argue anymore. He had been in the detective team for more than a month and knew how much of a bastard Captain Zhou was. Not only was he a bastard to outsiders, but he was also a bastard to his own people. Try not to provoke him as much as possible.
Because he couldn't stand the torture in the military police, Ahua defected and surrendered to the enemy. Hattori Hikoo felt that since he had been a military agent, he was better than ordinary people, so he was assigned to the detective team.
But human nature is hard to change, and Ah Hua has never been a vicious person. After joining the detective team, his behavior was incompatible with those of the veteran.
Other agents would scold people when they stared at them, and smash up stalls if they said something that didn't sit well with them. Ah Hua had never done these things before, and he couldn't curse or take action.
Zhou Renjie brought him out today with the intention of teaching him a lesson. Among the wolves, there was a dog that was close to people, which made him, the wolf, feel very uncomfortable. If it weren't for the people sent by Hattori Hikoo, he would have killed him long ago.
Ah Hua was kicked out of the detective team.
Zhou Renjie took the payment manual from the policeman, flipped through a few pages, and said: "The last time the Hanji Bone Museum donated copper and iron, there was very little. This time, I only donated an iron pot lid... I didn't give them any color."
Look, he’s just kicking his nose in the face! Ah Hua, you go handle this matter!”
Ah Hua stammered: "What should I do?"
"The boss must come up with twenty kilograms of copper and iron, otherwise the restaurant will not open!"