The next morning, Chen Qiang had enough food and drink, and came to the car dealership in Bugaoli.
I saw Fatty Tian, ​​the shopkeeper, standing at the door, looking like he was a betrayal. When I got closer, I found that the wrist of Fatty Chen's right hand was bandaged tightly, with blood oozing out of the gauze, but his right hand disappeared.
"What's going on? Is this injured or was it cut off?" Chen Qiang was shocked. Considering the background of Fatty Tian's gang, Chen Qiang felt that the right hand that had no was cut off was more likely.
In the car shop, the original seat of the fat man Honda changed into a man in his twenties. The man's surname is Zhu and the new shopkeeper is.
"You all listen. From today on, Fatty Tian will be out of bed. I, Zhu Laosi, are your new shopkeeper!" The new shopkeeper Zhu looked as if he was showing off his might, and he was in a state of being in a new position of three new officials.
This Zhu Laosi was naturally a disciple of the gang if he could come to this car business and was probably Jin Jiulin's disciple.
The coachmen lined up to pick up the car, and they started chatting quietly.
"What's going on? Fatty Tian's right hand is gone, and a new shopkeeper has also come to replace Fatty Tian's position."
"Don't you know yet? Fatty Tian's hands and feet are not clean, and the prisoner steals himself."
"How to guard the robbery law?"
"I heard that he took the money from the cabinet and gambled with others. If he won or lost, he would share the spoils in half. In the end, he lost 10,000 yuan!"
"Ten thousand yuan acres! So much! I will never see so much money in my life!"
"That's right? If Fatty Tian could add this hole, it would be fine, but he found someone to cut off the person who was gambling with him."
"If I lose 10,000 yuan, I want to kill someone if I lose!"
"As a result, the man was not cut to death by him, and he even exposed the money he lost. After Master Jin Jiu found out, he came to check the accounts immediately, only to find that his hands and feet were not clean, so he cut his right hand directly! It is said that if Fatty Tian had not worked hard and made great contributions over the years, he would have to go to the Huangpu River to catch his body."
Chen Qiang next to him heard this and immediately remembered the incident of him saving Wu Youyuan a few days ago.
When gambling together, the winner and lose are both in the right way. Isn’t this the trick of Wu Youyuan cheating people? There is no other person in Shanghai who does this.
In this way, the mystery of Wu Youyuan being chased was solved. The pursuers that day were the ones found by Fatty Tian.
It was probably because Fatty Tian was also trapped by Wu Youyuan and took the money from the car shop to gamble, but lost the money. Fatty Tian was angry because he lost the money, so he wanted to kill Wu Youyuan. Wu Youyuan was injured and ran away. He happened to get into Chen Qiang's car, so he had the next thing to do.
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In a blink of an eye, December is coming.
In the evening, Chen Qiang returned to his residence with a large bag of charcoal.
"It's winter, and the expenses this month have also increased." Chen Qiang looked at the brazier in the corner, and then put the newly bought charcoal in.
In order to cope with this winter, Chen Qiang not only bought himself a cotton jacket and a cotton pants, but also bought a brazier.
This brazier is made of cast iron, with a pot-shaped middle and wide and flat edges. Boil charcoal in the iron basin, add a brazier rack on top, and a pot of boiling water. It is very popular in most parts of the south.
One of the reasons why Chen Qiang was interested in this residence was that he could put a brazier in this room, which would be more comfortable during the winter. If the house was smaller and he couldn't even put a brazier, he could only use a basket and a basket to keep warm, so the heating effect was naturally not as good as a brazier.
Many poor families cannot afford heating equipment these days. For example, the slums in Zhabei can only rely on shaking to keep heating.
Chen Qiang was very glad that he had escaped from the slums in Zhabei, otherwise he would have to hide in the quilt and shivered now.
Chen Qiang couldn't help but feel a little envious when he thought of the foreigners who were sent to the Licha Hotel during the day.
Licha Hotel has heating. Chen Qiang helped the customer move his luggage into the gate of Licha Hotel, and suddenly felt the warmth wrapped around his whole body. Chen Qiang wanted to be warm at Licha Hotel, but unfortunately he was a coachman. Licha Hotel would definitely not let him rest in it. If it weren't for the opportunity to move his luggage, he wouldn't be able to enter the gate of Licha Hotel.
At this time, Licha Hotel had its own boiler for heating, and there was more than one. Not only Licha Hotel, but also a large hotel and conference hall opened by foreigners, there were boilers that could burn heating.
The rich families in Shanghai are equipped with steam furnaces for heating in winter. Mr. Lu Xun mentioned in "Smart Man, Fool and Slave" that "Winter Steaming Furnaces and Fans in Summer" is a steam furnace. During the 20 years of love, the steam furnace has become a heating tool commonly used by the rich.
Steam furnaces are actually small boilers. Now, 600 yuan free shipping on Taobao are better than this, but China's industrial capacity was not built at that time, and they all rely on imports. The imported steam furnaces are the best in Germany. There are many foreign companies in old Shanghai, all of which are agents of German steam furnaces.
Chen Qiang did not expect that there would be a steam stove. A brazier could warm the entire room, so he was already very content.
In order to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, Chen Qiang opened the window, and a gust of wind blew, blowing the gray charcoal burned in the brazier red, and also dissipating heat.
The wind outside is a bit wet and cold, and this wet and cold feels like it can invade human bones. It is very special. This is unique in the country because Shanghai is also unique in the country.
The coldness in Shanghai is different from the coldness in the north. Strictly speaking, the coldness in the north should not be called "cold", but "freezing". The difference is that the winter in Shanghai can make people cry, while the winter in the north will really freeze people to death.
Chen Qiang looked out the window and thought in his heart that the northern land should be frozen thousands of miles away from snow. In this era of war, in a heavy snow, I don’t know how many poor people will freeze to death on the streets.
Chen Qiang picked up a copy of the "Sales" and then read the lights on his head carefully.
Chen Qiang is now a person who can look up to newspapers!
In fact, for ordinary coachmen, the price of "Report" worth four cents per copy is still a bit expensive, but Chen Qiang still insists on buying a newspaper every day to learn about what is happening at home and abroad.
For people in this era, reading newspapers is just about understanding news, while for Chen Qiang, a time traveler, reading newspapers is about understanding this era. He is not familiar with the history of this era, but the news in the newspaper can make him recall some historical information that he still knows.
Finally, Chen Qiang saw a message, which roughly said:
The National Sports Association of China decided to hold a national sports meeting in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province on April 1, 1930. Shanghai will register for the athletes' selection competition on March 9. The selection competition is not limited to professions, and both scholars, farmers, industry and commerce can register. Citizens are welcome to participate superiorly.
After seeing this news, Chen Qiang's expression was shocked. The National Games he had been waiting for for a long time was finally coming.
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Chapter completed!