"Boss Zhou, good luck, I will keep the second volume of that book for me." Peng and Ou stood at the door of Fenfa Bookstore and repeatedly reminded the owner of the bookstore Zhou Hongsu.
"Sure, certain." Zhou Hongsu bowed and said with a smile, "You can't read the first volume and keep reading the second volume. That's not something that people do."
"It's good that you know." Peng Yuou sighed, "You don't know, the kind of pain that you can't see the follow-up after you see halfway."
"Boss Zhou, remember."
The professor of the Chinese Department of Fudan Public School shook his head and got on a rickshaw. He had not forgotten to poke his head out and reminded the owner of the bookstore.
Peng and Ou had no classes in the afternoon.
Go straight home.
Ma Shao is not at home.
At this time, you should go to the dead mailbox of Huiya Bookstore in Honolulu Road to get information.
As agreed, go to get information once a day morning and evening.
Maybe there is intelligence, maybe there is no intelligence.
However, Ma Shao must check it twice a day without moving.
This ensures the timeliness of intelligence in non-risk meetings.
Peng and Ou went upstairs, came to their study, and took out a box of treasured tea from the cabinet.
I looked at the tea jar reluctantly, and finally smiled, muttered that I was such a stingy person, and then put the tea jar in my handbag.
Another wooden box was pulled out from under the bed, and there was an unopened cigarette inside, and another one had been opened, leaving only five packs of cigarettes.
He put the unopened cigarette into his handbag directly.
He walked downstairs with his bag.
I happened to see Ma Shao return home.
"Mama Shao, I'll go out tonight and I won't have dinner at home." Peng Yuou said.
"Mr. Peng, information." Shao Ma took out a note and handed it to Peng Yuou.
Peng and Ou had a solemn expression and took the note.
"As soon as Cao Yufu was released, he was arrested by the Special High School. He immediately treasoned and confessed in full. He suggested that the party comrades and patriotic friends who Cao Yu knew should immediately evacuate Shanghai, urgently!"
After reading the words on the note, Peng and Ou suddenly realized.
The government was not making a flip-flop when Cao Yu disappeared, but it turned out that he was captured by the Japanese.
Now that I have figured it out, I have also made an explanation for the government.
The Red Party members did not do anything bad, but being bitten by the other party is always a troublesome thing.
The emergency information of "Flame" was like timely rain, resolving Peng and Ou's confusion and anxiety.
...
Peng Yuou came to No. 21, Dofuri, Fuxu Road, with the pork head meat, edamame, a bottle of sorghum wine bought on the road, and a bag filled with tea and a cigarette.
This is a new-style Shikumen residential building with brick and wood structure facing north and south with two floors and two bottoms.
Knocked gently on the door.
Soon, footsteps came and someone asked softly inside, "Who?"
"The big cousin of Yixing."
"Sir, you've made a mistake. My husband has no relatives in Yixing."
"You can't be wrong. Your husband is from Taizhou, and I used to be from Taizhou."
With a creak, the door opened.
Peng and Ou entered the door, nodded with the young comrade who had just spoken, and went straight upstairs.
In the study room upstairs, a middle-aged man wearing glasses was writing at his desk. He heard the sound and sniffed his nose, "Little Ouyang, I'm just greedy. I'll just say I haven't seen meat for a month. You really have bought pork head meat. Our allowance is not enough."
Peng and Ou smiled without saying a word, put the thing on the chair, and directly unscrewed the wine bottle.
He also fanned with his hands.
"Wine?" The middle-aged man sniffed his nose, his face changed, almost jumping up, scolding, "I said Xiao Ouyang, there is wine and meat, this is really a big day? Drink the northwest wind next meal!"
Then he turned his head and saw Peng and Ou who were smiling and looking at him.
"Oh! Old Peng!" The middle-aged man was stunned at first, walked over directly, and his right leg was hit by a chair. He didn't care about it, so he came up and hugged Peng and Ou directly.
Then, the two looked at each other.
"Comrade Peng and Ou, you have taken a lot of money!"
"Comrade 'Farmer', you have also become a lot darker."
The two laughed and hugged each other again!
"How did I smell the cigarette?" Comrade 'Farmer' sniffed his nose.
"You, no wonder Chang bald head scolded him angrily, saying that your nose is more flexible than a dog!" Peng Yuou said with a smile.
As soon as he took out the cigarette from his bag, he was taken over by the "farmer" and quickly tore open the packaging, took out a pack of cigarettes, unpacked it, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, took out a foreign fire, lit a match, and took a deep breath.
Looking at Peng Yuou's eyes as he looked at him, the 'farmer' laughed, "It's been two days since the food was out of stock!"
As he said that, he spitted out a cigarette ring and squinted his eyes comfortably, "It's only you, Peng Fuyu, just bring a cigarette. In the northwest, the teacher didn't have such a generous hand."
"I'm not so generous," Peng Yuou said, "This is the help of Comrade 'fire'."
Seeing the expression of the 'farmer' becoming serious, Peng Yuou smiled and explained, "Don't look at me with that look. Of course I know organizational discipline. Old Peng, I didn't take money from Comrade Flame, and didn't ask for anything. Of course, I got two cigarettes in total. Comrade Flame knew that I had no food and was on credit, and I had already paid the cigarette money for a cigarette."
Comrade ‘Farmer’ picked up the cigarette, looked at the packaging, and confirmed that it was the most common golden brand cigarette on the market, and then nodded.
It’s not that he is unkind, but that comrades with good living conditions give them two cigarettes, which is not a big deal.
However, it is no trivial to put it on Comrade ‘Flame’.
Any items from Comrade "Flame" that appear in Peng Yuou's hands must be particularly vigilant, and items that are directed and should not appear in Peng Yuou's hands must be avoided.
"How is that little guy now?" asked Comrade 'Farmer'.
"Wow, talk about that boy." Peng and Ou ate a small piece of pork head meat, "It's so majestic."
He took a sip of wine, "In Shanghai, especially in the French Concession, everyone knows about Commander Xiao Cheng."
As he said that, he pointed to Comrade ‘Farmer’, “Even if you are old farmer, if you encounter trouble in the French Concession, you will give you three points of face when you report Xiao Cheng’s name.”
Comrade ‘Farmer’ laughed loudly when he heard this. After laughing, he sighed, “This child has suffered.”
Peng Yuou was also silent. He naturally knew very well how complex and cruel the environment Cheng Qianfan was in, and how much pressure this young man was. It can even be said that "fire" must open his eyes even when he sleeps!
The two were smoking cigarettes, a plate of pork head meat, a stack of edamames, and drinking wine.
Drink and chat.
Chatting and drinking.
His hands were shaking and his eyes were red.
Many names that appeared in the chat between the two, and so many familiar names, were gone... Their blood dyed the earth red!
...
Hongkou District belongs to the British and American public concessions, but many people have begun to call Hongkou District the Japanese concession.
In the second year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the British and American concessions merged to form the so-called public concession.
In the 25th year of the Guangxu period, the public concession further expanded its territory.
At this stage, the Japanese power was actually expanding rapidly.
They had the ambition to covet Chinese territory before and after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. They had been deliberately trying to expand their sphere of influence in China by any means and had their own concessions in other Chinese cities. Naturally, they could not be moved by Shanghai. They also wanted to establish a real concession in Shanghai.
However, in the end, they were unable to obtain an officially recognized concession license in Shanghai.
Of course, this is not the threat of the former Qing dynasty to reject Japan. The reason is that when the British and American public concessions expanded in the 25th year of the Guangxu period, the Qing government and the great powers made an agreement: In addition to the French concession, which had already been a fait-for-fact, Shanghai will join the public concession in the future and will no longer set up exclusive concessions.
This is naturally a countermeasure adopted by the old imperialism to protect its vested interests and restrict later generations from grabbing the "cake".
To be continued...