The weather is a bit annoying. The sun only came out yesterday, but it rained again early this morning.

It’s been a few days since I went to Lao Fu Ji to eat noodles. Not to mention, I’ve really missed it.

As soon as I went out, I hailed a rickshaw: "Lao Fu Ji."

"Okay, boss, sit down."

The rickshaw driver excitedly pulled the rickshaw and ran away.

The drizzle kept falling on the rickshaw driver, but it couldn't stop him at all.

"Are you going out to do business on a rainy day?"

Meng Shaoyuan asked while sitting in the car.

"Oh, boss, you really know how to joke." The rickshaw driver said while pulling the rickshaw: "We are born to have a hard life. After pulling the rickshaw for a day, we pay the driver, license fee, and violation fines, and the rest is just enough for a family.

There is not even a penny left for food. If I don’t run for a day, I will be hungry for a day. I can afford to be hungry, but my wife and children at home can’t afford to be hungry.”

Meng Shaoyuan was a little curious: "How much do I have to pay this month?"

"A person like me who has a license has to pay 25 silver dollars a month. Plus the license fee and violation fines, etc., in a month, I only get seven or eight silver dollars."

"Then we can only make ends meet." Meng Shaoyuan sympathized.

"Originally, it was difficult to do business, but now it is difficult to do business. There are more than 50,000 rickshaws in Shanghai. Originally, there were more cars and fewer people riding them. Later, with the introduction of cars and trams, business became even more difficult.

.Also, the largest car dealer in Shanghai, Xiangsheng Car Dealer, has gone even further. It has opened a car-hailing phone number, No. 4000, which means "Forty million compatriots who want a car, please call the number 40,000." This is very useful.

Okay, if a rich person makes a phone call, a rickshaw will be waiting directly at their door. How can those of us who do business on the road compete with others?"

This Xiangsheng company has brains and ideas that are ahead of its time!

In Meng Shaoyuan's era, with just a phone call, wouldn't a taxi pick you up directly at your door?

Think about my own time, things like calling a taxi by phone and hailing a taxi through apps are all leftover from what people used to do in this era.

Listen to this advertisement again:

"Forty million compatriots who want a car, please call the 40,000 number!"

Absolutely amazing!

People will remember it as soon as they hear it, but it is much better than "If you don't give gifts during the Chinese New Year this year, I will give you XXX instead"!

Taxis are also available, but they are too expensive.

A taxi costs basically four to five yuan per hour, which ordinary people cannot afford. However, a rickshaw only costs 40 cents an hour, so the price is still advantageous in comparison.

Furthermore, although there are taxi companies in Shanghai, there are too few vehicles.

A brand new Ford car costs 12,000 yuan in Shanghai, while the monthly salary of the mayor of Shanghai is less than 200 yuan.

It's a pity that although rickshaws are still competitive, pulling rickshaws really can only make a living.

Drivers, I paid the license fee, but the fine from the patrol is too much to bear.

To be precise, it's not a fine, it's just an excuse to extort your money.

Don't want to give it? The car has been confiscated. Let the owner of the car dealership take the money and come to the patrol room to get it.

Isn't it the rickshaw driver who is unlucky in the end?

"Hey, hey, stop."

While we were chatting there, two patrolmen rushed out of the teahouse nearby and stopped the rickshaw regardless of the rain.

"Boss, what's the matter?" the rickshaw driver asked respectfully.

"Fine!" the leading patrolman said expressionlessly.

"Why?" The rickshaw driver looked aggrieved.

"Why? What day is it today?"

"It's raining."

"Soliciting on a rainy day is extremely dangerous. You will be punished for the crime of dangerous solicitation!"

Meng Shaoyuan almost burst into tears after hearing this.

Dangerous pulling of a vehicle?

Have you ever heard of this crime from ancient times to the present?

"Boss, no, sir, you are my real grandfather." The rickshaw driver begged again and again: "This is my first business today, and I don't have a dime in my pocket. I lied to you that I am your grandson."

It was so early and it was raining, so the patrolman didn't believe it.

For people like this who don't have any money in their pockets, the police can do the same.

A patrolman walked around the back of the car and took off the rickshaw's license plate: "Dangerous driving, fined three yuan, come here to get it when you have money. We two brothers have been here all morning. It's late, but we have to go to the patrol room to get it."

.”

The rickshaw driver wanted to die.

Three yuan, how many customers did you get? Not only did today's work go in vain, but it was a rainy day, and it was doubtful whether the drivers could get the money together.

But the guest is still in the car.

The rickshaw driver sighed, managed to pull himself together and pulled the guest to his destination.

Meng Shaoyuan got off the car, took out a piece of ocean and put it in the hand of the rickshaw driver.

"Boss, I can't find it."

"Keep the change, please."

"ah?"

It was such a big ocean that the rickshaw driver wondered if he was dazzled.

"Take it back and give it to your wife and children to eat something good." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "By the way, come find me at No. 892 Albert Road at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. I will also use your car."

"Hey, hey, okay, boss, thank you, I'll be there on time tomorrow."

The rickshaw driver was almost in tears, and he pulled the rickshaw away with great gratitude.

Meng Shaoyuan saw the old beggar sitting at the door of Lao Fu Ji Noodle House at a glance. The eaves were barely sheltered from the rain.

pitiful.

In such bad weather, we have to go out to beg for food.

Meng Shaoyuan sighed.

After eating for a while, let the waiter give him a bowl of noodles.

Just as he was about to go in, the old beggar suddenly said: "Boss, please give me something to eat."

Um?

In Meng Shaoyuan's impression, the old beggar had never asked anyone for food, right?

He was startled and stopped in his steps.

The old beggar suddenly said: "Go quickly, there is someone inside who wants to kill you!"

What?

Meng Shaoyuan had no time to think and was about to leave immediately when there were two loud "bang bangs".

It was probably a rainy day, which affected the killer's vision, and both shots missed.

Meng Shaoyuan pounced to the side and took out his gun.

However, the killer on the other side of the street was well prepared and kept firing bullets towards us.

In the noodle shop, four killers kicked over the table and rushed out towards the door of the shop.

Meng Shaoyuan is doomed!

…

Yiji Qiancao was the first one.

Killing Meng Shaoyuan was the first achievement of the Imperial Shanghai agent!

As soon as he took one foot out of the store, he saw a figure suddenly rushing towards him.

Yiji Qiancao felt a pain in his heart.

A sharp knife pierced his heart.

Old beggar!

"Run!"

The old beggar roared wildly.

While the killer was stunned, Meng Shaoyuan rolled a few times and rolled to a corner. He was covered in mud and water and was in a state of embarrassment, but he couldn't care less and shot a shot with his backhand aimlessly, rolling and crawling, stumbling!

…
To be continued...