Cheng Qianfan put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, and a gust of cool breeze blew away the smoke in front of him.
Just this morning, Itagaki Seishiro came to the Guest House to visit Wang Quanhai.
Mrs. Wang attached great importance to Itagaki Seishiro's visit and personally led all colleagues of the negotiation team to greet him in the auditorium of the guest house.
This was also the first time Cheng Qianfan met this notorious Japanese general.
Wang Chuanhai and his wife, Chen Nanhai, Zhou Liang, Chu Mingyu and other "important officials" had a closed-door meeting with Japanese personnel represented by Itagaki Seishiro.
Subsequently, Cheng Qianfan received news from Chu Mingyu that the "Big Three" meeting would be officially held at the Guest House tomorrow.
This is very important information.
Before this, Cheng Qianfan had been speculating where the Japanese would arrange the venue of the meeting of the "Big Three", whether it would be the Guest House where Wang Chuanhai was staying, the Taiping Road Hotel where Liang Hongzhi and Wang Keming were staying, or Itagaki Sei Shiro and other Japanese generals stayed at the Oriental Hotel on Shaoguan Road, or the Japanese would arrange another venue for the meeting.
Now, through what Chu Mingyu said casually, he had mastered this secret information.
Although he did not have any contact with the Qingdao Station, Cheng Qianfan knew that the Qingdao Station must be carrying out secret operations to sabotage the meeting and punish the traitors.
The determination of the venue of the ‘Big Three’ meeting is obviously the most important piece of information for Qingdao Station.
Cheng Qianfan shook his head, he had no way to send this information out.
He now urgently feels the disadvantages caused by the lack of necessary connections with other military sites.
The most important thing is that he is now trapped in the Guest House and unable to go out. Otherwise, he would have been able to report this key information to the Chongqing Bureau headquarters through Zhou Ru in Shanghai.
"Mr. Cheng, the newspaper you want."
A waiter brought a stack of newspapers.
Along with the newspaper was a cup of steaming coffee.
"Thank you." Cheng Qianfan nodded politely.
He just sat on the small sofa by the window, sipping coffee and casually reading the newspaper.
The newspapers that can be delivered to the guest house are naturally pro-Japanese newspapers.
This is why Cheng Qianfan had previously told Taozi to buy missing person advertisements in pro-Japanese newspapers.
Cheng Qianfan keenly noticed a detail. It seems that in order to create an atmosphere of respect for Wang Chuhai, pro-Japanese newspapers in Qingdao have recently begun to report extensively, praising Wang Chuhai's peaceful line. What is most worth mentioning is that these newspapers mentioned When Wang Chuanhai arrived, he changed his previous title of "Wang Zhaoming" to "Mr. Wang Chuanhai" to show respect.
A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. Japanese people are very good at showing off details like this. No wonder Wang Chuanhai seemed to be in a pretty good mood these past two days.
Suddenly, Cheng Qianfan's eyes stopped on "Qingdao Peace Daily".
Among the many advertisements on the advertising page of today's "Qingdao Heping Daily", in an inconspicuous corner, he saw a missing person advertisement.
"Mr. Cui Lu from Hangzhou is looking for his fourth cousin, Mr. Shi Kaiyi, from Jimo. If Mr. Shi sees this advertisement, please go to the hotel at No. 25 Yokosuka Town to meet in person. The hotel phone number is 4196."
Cheng Qianfan was overjoyed:
Peaches have arrived!
No. 25, Yokosuka Town. After coming to Qingdao, Cheng Qianfan asked the staff to help him find travel notes about Qingdao and asked for a map of Qingdao on the grounds that he was bored to kill time.
He immediately knew where Yokosuka Town was. This place was called "Kiel Street" during the German occupation. After the Japanese invaded Qingdao, the street was renamed "Yokosuka Town".
Cheng Qianfan tapped his fingers lightly on the coffee table. He was thinking about how to create opportunities to go out and get in touch with Taozi.
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"Where's Qian Fan? I haven't seen him leave the room. Isn't it because he hasn't recovered from seasickness?" Chu Mingyu put down the newspaper in his hand and asked Liu Xia who came up to pour tea.
"He said he lost his appetite due to seasickness before, and now he wants to make up for it." Liu Xia said with a smile, "I went to his place in the morning and saw him studying Qingdao's food."
"Qingdao's food?" When Chu Mingyu heard this, he immediately became interested.
He is a joyful person by nature, he enjoys good wine, beautiful women, expensive cars and delicious food, and plays chess and cards. He is good at everything and enjoys everything.
Especially when it comes to delicious food, Chu Mingyu can be called a gourmet.
Hearing Liu Xia say that Cheng Qianfan was studying Qingdao cuisine, he couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect this kid to be a glutton. I want to see what he comes up with behind closed doors."
As he said that, he couldn't wait to put down the newspaper and left in search of Cheng Qianfan.
…
Hearing a knock on the door, Cheng Qianfan took out a travel diary he had prepared long ago from the drawer, turned to a carefully prepared page, put the travel diary on the coffee table, and then walked over to open the door.
"Uncle Chu."
"I heard from Liu Xia that you were alone in your room studying delicious food." Chu Mingyu said with a smile.
"Sister Xia's words are too exaggerated." Cheng Qianfan pretended to glare at Liu Xia and said embarrassedly.
"Gourmet food needs to be tasted in person, and you can learn from it behind closed doors." Chu Mingyu walked to the sofa and saw the travel journal on the coffee table.
He picked it up casually and looked at it, then showed a surprised expression, and then frowned, "I don't understand, a foreign devil knows how to criticize Chinese food."
This travelogue was written by a German named Merkel who once lived in Qingdao. This person commented on what he considered the top ten delicacies in Qingdao.
"I was bored, so I asked the hotel waiter to get some newspapers and magazines to read." Cheng Qianfan explained.
"The foreign devils are indeed very advanced in some things. We must learn from them. There are some things passed down by our ancestors that they don't understand. If they don't understand, they still talk nonsense." Chu Mingyu said seriously, "So, we must keep our eyes open. , don’t blindly praise foreign devils.”
"That's what uncle taught you." Cheng Qianfan blushed and put away the copy that he had read carefully and even marked with a pencil.
“We Chinese invented the methods of stir-frying (stir-frying, simmering), roasting (stewing, simmering, braising, stewing), pan-frying (sticking), deep-frying (cooking), boiling (boiling, stewing, pot), steaming, roasting (pickling, pickling, etc.)
(smoked, air-dried), cold salad, drizzled and other cooking methods." When it came to eating, Chu Mingyu became interested and had more say, "What are the delicious foods of foreign devils? That's all they come back and forth, those are our ancestors
Play with the rest.”
"You don't know, when I was abroad, I would frown just by looking at the food."
"Perhaps it's because Qingdao was occupied by the Germans for a long time, which actually gave more preference to food that suits the tastes of foreign devils." Liu Xia said at the side.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Liu Xia calmly and cheered secretly in his heart. Liu Xia's words were simply a stroke of genius.
as expected.
"That's not right." Chu Mingyu shook his head, "Qingdao has so many delicious foods. I remember that there were even top ten restaurants in the past few years."
As he spoke, Chu Mingyu thought for a while, then clapped his fingers and recalled, "There are Shunxing Building, Yadong Hotel, Jufu Building, Chunhe Building, Donghua Hotel, Dahua Hotel, Houdefu, and Sanyang."
Building, Gongji Building, Yingji Building.”
"I didn't expect that Uncle Chu, who has never been to Qingdao, would be familiar with Qingdao's delicious food." Cheng Qianfan said in admiration.
"Who says I haven't been to Qingdao?" Chu Mingyu said with a smile, "Once when I returned from Europe, I landed in Qingdao. I still remember that time I went to Shunxing Tower for a big meal and tasted our Chinese food.
With the delicious food, I finally made up for what I owed while abroad.”
(Shun Hing Building in the Republic of China)
When it comes to Shun Hsing House’s delicacies, Chu Mingyu is in a lively mood and talks to his two nephews. He talks about Shun Hsing House’s signature dishes such as steamed bird’s nest, bird’s nest in broth, braised shark’s fin, grilled shark’s fin, white fungus in broth, etc.
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Cheng Qianfan was so fascinated by what he heard that he even drooled. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "Just hearing what my uncle said made me salivate. I wish I could have wings and go out for a big meal."
"What are you talking about? You can eat whatever you want." Chu Mingyu laughed loudly, "This person must not be in debt to his stomach. Only when his stomach is well fed will his whole body be full of energy."
"Secretary-General, look, Qian Fan is drooling." Liu Xia chuckled at the side.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Liu Xia sheepishly and said with a smile, "It's obviously Sister Xia who is greedy, but she still talks about me."
"I just want to taste the white fungus soup from Shunxing Restaurant." Liu Xia smiled, "Brother Fan, you have such a posture that you want to eat all of these top ten famous restaurants in Qingdao."
"You two, you are so embarrassed to be greedy." Chu Mingyu said with a smile, "The meeting will only be held tomorrow. I will be busy later. I just have some free time today, so you go out to find something to eat."
"I'll ask someone to prepare the car right now. I'll be the host today and treat Uncle Chu and Sister Xia to a feast." Cheng Qianfan said happily.
"I won't go, you two can go on your own." Chu Mingyu shook his head, "I will be busy tomorrow. Mr. Xu Wang will see me in the afternoon."
Seeing the hesitant expressions on Cheng Qianfan and Liu Xia's faces, he smiled and said, "You young people will go on your own. It's rare to come to Qingdao to have a rest, go out to taste the delicious food, visit the Five Zang Temple, and then go shopping."
As he said that, he waved his hand and said, "I'll give you a holiday today. As long as the expenses are not excessive, you can come back and reimburse yourself."
Cheng Qianfan and Liu Xia were overjoyed.
"I'm going to call a taxi right now." Liu Xia said happily, "I've heard about Feidi Street for a long time, and I want to have a good time shopping around today."
"Can it be more prosperous than Nanjing Road in Shanghai?" Cheng Qianfan didn't believe it and said with a smile.
"What do you know about my daughter's place for shopping?" Liu Xia rolled her eyes and went out to call for a car.
Cheng Qianfan smiled, but Chu Mingyu laughed.
Cheng Qianfan pretended to touch his nose, but when he saw Liu Xia's leaving figure, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
The entourage is not allowed to go out. There are Japanese personnel blocking the entrance to the lobby on the first floor. Liu Xia doesn't know?
He estimated that Liu Xia would be back soon.
Sure enough, Liu Xia soon returned angrily and reported to Chu Mingyu that the Japanese side did not allow them to go out, and they needed Chu Mingyu's signature to apply for a pass.
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