"Are you really going to join me at the party at our plastic flower factory tonight?"
Shi Yufeng dressed up quickly, looked in the mirror again and again, put on her best cheongsam, pulled up her hair, and stuck it in the back of her head with a silver hairpin.
Her precious bottle of French perfume had been used up, so she had no choice but to sprinkle some toilet water on her body. The perfume was too expensive, and even though she was now a housekeeper and could earn thousands of dollars a month in rent, she still couldn't bear to buy it.
The habits formed by poverty cannot be changed for a while. On the contrary, they will become more and more stingy. Shi Yufeng is such a person.
Ever since she accidentally donated 30,000 yuan last time, all she could think about was money, how to get money, how to save money, and how to get money.
"If I don't go, Bao'er won't be able to go, so I have to drive you there!" Shi Zhijian didn't dress up much. Since it was a sorority party that was just about eating and drinking, why did he need to dress up so glamorously, so he wore a very ordinary suit.
Denim casual wear.
When Shi Yufeng saw it, she turned her face and said to him: "Why don't you dress more nicely? Your white suit or your black suit would be good too."
"What if it gets dirty? Can you wash it?"
Shi Zhijian joked that wearing a suit must be on a very solemn occasion. He would not wrong himself for a sorority party in a plastic flower factory. He would still wear casual clothes to feel comfortable.
"That's right. Your clothes are very expensive. What should you do if they get dirty?" Shi Yufeng's thinking was different from ordinary people's, and she immediately thought of this aspect again.
The two of them packed up and prepared to set off.
Bao'er also wore a very nice outfit tonight. It was a turtleneck sweater specially knitted by Shi Yufeng for Bao'er. It was apricot yellow and set off Bao'er's rosy little face.
Bao'er squatted down, holding a crushed steamed bun in his hand and saying goodbye to the little black dog, "Xiao Hei, don't cry, we will be back soon. We can't take you out to play this time, so you have to be obedient.
Come, let me treat you to some steamed buns."
Xiao Hei barked twice and ate the steamed buns crushed by Bao'er.
Shi Yufeng shouted: "Don't feed it so much food. When the dog is full, it will just sleep and not work."
Bao'er didn't care about this and fed all the steamed buns to Xiao Hei. Then he touched Xiao Hei's head with his little hand and said, "You must be obedient and watch the door carefully. You have to shout loudly when you see bad people. Do you understand?"
Xiao Hei raised his head, stared at his dark eyes, and barked at Bao'er twice more.
Bao'er turned to his mother and said, "It said it understood."
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Tung Shing Cinema is located at the junction of Locke Road and Fenwick Street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It opened on February 9, 1964 and is operated by Tung Shing Limited, a subsidiary of the Ho Tung family.
In the four years since its opening, the Dongcheng Theater has not only occasionally invited large theater troupes to perform Cantonese opera, but it has also had many supernatural legends.
In the early days, there were no indoor funeral parlors in the Hung Hom District of Hong Kong. Businesses mostly set up mourning halls in stadium parks and open spaces, which were called open-air funeral parlors, that is, outdoor funeral parlors. The Hong Kong government once built a "Farewell Pavilion" in Hung Hom within the current expansion project of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
". Later, Wan Chai Wanguo Funeral Parlor moved to Hung Hom and built a World Funeral Parlor in Hung Hom. After the original Wanguo Funeral Parlor building was sold to developers, it was then sold to the Robert Ho Tung family and converted into the later "Tung City Cinema".
It is understood that this theater was converted from a funeral parlor, but there were not many "renovated" places. The theater still retains many of the layout and buildings of the funeral parlor. For example, it is rumored that a women's restroom was a room where corpses were stored at that time, etc.
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However, some people point out that there are six or seven similar theaters nearby the Dongcheng Theater, which has always been underperforming, so competition among peers is extremely fierce. Some people also believe that the theater industry is deliberately creating rumors of ghosts to attack its competitors.
In short, whether the business of this theater is good or not, it is difficult to get money, so tonight the plastic flower factory spent money to hold a social party here, which made the theater owner make a lot of money, and also saved Mr. Li, the owner of the plastic flower factory, a lot of money.
Big money, Ghost Theater, cheap prices.
Shi Zhijian originally wanted to drive Shi Yufeng and Bao'er to the Dongcheng Theater for a party. Shi Yufeng, who always liked to show off and show off, was unwilling to take a car this time. After asking, he found out that Shi Yufeng was quite popular in the factory.
Because she likes to speak up and speak out, she has made many female workers who share the same problem.
These female workers were either poor or from poor backgrounds, and Shi Yufeng was afraid that he would come in the car and scare them, thus putting a distance between them.
This surprised Shi Zhijian, so he asked Shi Yufeng, why weren't you afraid of widening the distance between you and your neighbors in Shek Kip Mei?
Shi Yufeng's answer was: "Those gangs are fighting on the street, and no matter how close we are to each other, they still want to live together. Where can they go? These workers are different. I will quit my job after the Chinese New Year, and I want to have a good reunion with them one last time!"
Shi Zhijian didn't understand what elder sister Shi Yufeng said, so he could only act according to the order.
So the three of them took a rickshaw and traveled all the way to Dongcheng Theater.
The entrance to the theater was extremely lively. Not only were there large flower baskets placed, but also banners were hung.
The banner reads: Plastic Flower Factory Year-end Party,
The large flower baskets on the left and right, which are as tall as one person, have couplets written on them----
Wealth will come to you every day, and fortune will come with spring every year.
Horizontal batch: Changjiang Industrial.
Some well-informed vendors were waiting near the theater at this time.
"Selling pears, delicious pears! Sweet and refreshing!"
"Selling candied haws on a stick, delicious and beautiful candied haws on a stick!"
There are also some people who set up stalls selling roasted sweet potatoes, and some people sell fine rice paste on their shoulders.
Many vendors gathered at the entrance of the theater, shouting loudly and soliciting business.
"I didn't expect it to be so lively tonight." Shi Yufeng came to the door with her brother and daughter, a look of surprise on her face.
"Wow, no wonder, tonight there are performances by Bai Xuexian and Ren Jianhui, as well as the new Ma Shitsang!" Shi Yufeng shouted loudly.
These three are all well-known actors in the Cantonese opera industry, and it is often difficult to get tickets for their shows.
"Boss Li is so rich that he even hired such a big name!" Shi Yufeng once again lamented the greatness of Boss Li of the plastic flower factory.
Shi Zhijian disagrees. Nowadays, Cantonese opera is on the rise in movies and on the decline. Compared with movie stars, many so-called famous opera actors have long been "priceless". Those who used to get 3,000 yuan per scene may now be willing to work for 300 yuan. If
If I don't go on stage with my airs, I'm afraid I'll starve to death.
Just as Shi Yufeng was shouting at the entrance of the theater, someone on the second floor of the theater was cracking melon seeds and looking at her through the window.
"Who is that cripple?"
"Shi Yufeng from our plastic flower factory? Why don't you recognize her?"
The fat woman eating melon seeds smiled contemptuously: "No wonder she looks familiar to me. It turns out to be Lame Feng. I couldn't recognize her after wearing a cheongsam."
The thin woman who was talking to her also glanced at Shi Yufeng: "Her cheongsam looks quite expensive, and Lame Feng, who has always been stingy, would give it up."
"You don't have enough money to imitate others and dress so well. This Shi Yufeng is such a slut!" The fat woman looked disdainful.
The thin woman's name is Xu Zhaodi, and she is an ordinary female worker in the women's workshop of the plastic flower factory.
The fat woman's name is Zhou Dahong, and she is the junior leader of their workshop.
Zhou Dahong's husband, Wu Dekui, is a small seller in the plastic flower factory. Because of this relationship, Zhou Dahong has always been domineering in the plastic flower factory and does not look down on others.
"Who is the handsome guy next to Lame Phoenix?"
"It seems to be a lame young man, what's his name Jian? I heard that he used to be a powerful policeman, but he stopped doing it later." Xu Zhaodi looked at Shi Zhijian below and said.
Zhou Dahong glanced at Shi Zhijian, "It's a pity that such a handsome boy has a silver-like pewter spear head, which is not useful but looks good!"
Xu Zhaodi said hurriedly: "But I heard that he has opened a small factory now, and it seems to be quite profitable."
Zhou Dahong sneered, "Make money? Can you make more than my husband? He looks like he is less than twenty years old, and he still imitates others and opens a factory. I will pay him to death!"
Xu Zhaodi didn't dare to speak. She was just hearing what she heard. Looking at Shi Zhijian below, he was too young. He looked like a student who was still studying. I remembered that he seemed to have arrived by rickshaw just now, and he was dressed in ordinary clothes.
He doesn't look like a big boss at all.
"Sister Hong, what you are saying is that he looks like a street kid, how can he compare with Brother Kui?"
Only then did Zhou Dahong snort with satisfaction. In her mind, although her husband Wu Dekui was a small businessman, he was not comparable to Lame Feng, his poor brother.
