On the way, Lao Gu collected some fresh excrement from the mules pulling the dung truck, opened the lid of the dung bucket, and spread it on the raincloth bag. When they entered the city, the puppet soldiers smelled a bad smell and were unwilling to do so.
Close inspection revealed that the Japanese were often on duty at the city gate to inspect people entering the city. The lieutenant was always very clean and would cover his nose with his white-gloved hand when he smelled this smell. In addition, Lao Gu held his hand every day.
When this dung truck entered the city, it didn’t even check it. He waved his hands and said to the plainclothes team members around him: “Let’s go!”
A puppet soldier came over with a rifle, raised the rifle, pretended to hit someone, and shouted at Lao Gu: "Old man, why don't you pull your mule and walk faster!"
Seeing that the puppet soldiers were about to beat someone, Cao Gen'er was about to protect Lao Gu. Lao Gu grabbed Cao Gen'er and said, "Let's go, let's go," and whipped the mule's butt, "Drive!"
The two men drove the mules to pull the dung cart into the city.
Lao Gu was very familiar with the city, so he quickly led his brothers to Shouyi Street, walked along the street for a short distance, turned east, and entered the old street.
This old street belongs to the back street of Shouyi Street. The street is full of vegetable sellers and cloth sellers. There are shouts and shouts one after another, and it is very lively. There are more shops, including pawnshops, various large and small restaurants, and
Clothing stores, although the signs of these stores are not as elegant as those on Shouyi Street, their business is still quite prosperous.
It was already the end of the day, and Lao Gu and Cao Gener drove the mule cart ahead. When they arrived at a side door facing the street, Lao Gu pulled the reins, stopped the mule cart, and knocked on the wooden door. After a while, a
A woman in her forties opened the door a crack, stretched out her head and saw that it was a dung truck, so she opened the door. Lao Gu said a few words to the woman, and then he and Cao Gen'er hurried on.
The mule pulled the dung cart through the door.
Before entering the door, Lao Gu looked back at Yuesong who was resting aside. Yuesong understood what Lao Gu meant.
"Murong, let's go in." Yuesong said and walked towards Lao Lu Braised Meat Shop next to the side door.
Murong followed behind carrying a book box.
Yuesong walked to the door of the store and took a look. Good guy, the business is really good. The room is full of noodle eaters. Although the table is small and the stools are short, the noodle eaters are eating noodles and drinking wine.
So uncomfortable.
Yuesong found an empty small table and sat down. Murong also sat aside and put the book box on the bench next to him.
"Brother, here are two ounces of beef offal and half a bowl of rice wine." Yuesong said to the waiter.
The waiter was stunned, walked over quickly, put down a small bowl, poured a full bowl of rice wine, and said: "Sir, please drink first, the noodles will be served soon."
"I'm talking about half a bowl of rice wine. Your half bowl is a bit big!" Yuesong said, pointing to the full bowl of rice wine.
The shopkeeper saw this, and immediately ran out from behind the counter, bowed to Yuesong and Murong, and said: "Sir, two ounces of beef offal will be here soon. You can buy half a bowl of rice wine, and half a bowl will be given to you."
,Ha ha."
"Oh, that's it. Let's get another two taels of steak and a bowl and a half of it." Yuesong said again.
The shopkeeper took the wine jug and bowl from the waiter's hand, poured two full bowls of rice wine, and said, "You can buy this half bowl, but this half bowl, haha, it's still a gift."
"Thank you so much, shopkeeper." Yuesong said as he picked up the wine bowl and drank.
"Xiao Liu, hurry up and come up!" the shopkeeper said to the waiter, then bent down to Yuesong and whispered in a low voice, "Let's talk in the back room after we finish eating."
Yuesong didn't nod, but just took another sip of wine, put the bowl on the table, and said, "Well, shopkeeper, this tastes pretty authentic, pretty authentic!"
"Haha, guest, please use it slowly, please use it slowly!" the shopkeeper said with a smile on his face and entered the back hall.
When others looked at it, they all thought that these two were the masters of taking more food and possessions, but who would have thought that this was actually a code for Yuesong to connect with comrades in the underground party.
Yuesong and Murong finished their noodles quickly, Yuesong whispered: "I'll go in first, you go and call all the brothers in, remember, come in one by one, don't get together."
"Yeah! This noodle is delicious!" Murong said with a smile while wiping his grease mouth.
"Come on, you're so greedy. The brothers haven't eaten yet." Yuesong said, getting up and carrying the book box into the back hall.
As soon as they entered the back hall, the shopkeeper took Yuesong's hand and said, "It must be Captain Luo. I have admired his name for a long time. Now that I see him, he is really handsome and majestic."
"Comrade Lao Lu, please don't praise me. You who work under the enemy's nose are worthy of our study," Yuesong said.
"Master, go greet the other comrades and come to the back room." Lao Lu said to the woman who was still washing the dishes.
The woman smiled at Yuesong, wiped her hands and walked out.
Yuesong smiled and nodded at her.
Yuesong carefully observed the surrounding environment. The house was very tall, with a patio in the middle. The patio was surrounded by small square tables and benches similar to those outside the house. It seemed that this was also a place for business.
When Lao Lu saw Yuesong taking a closer look, he introduced to Yuesong: "This house is left by our ancestors. The house has three entrances and three exits. There are two patios. There is also a yard at the back. Enter from the side door and there is an aisle.
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"Hey, you're really not young. Doesn't Lao Lu look like a Hankou person?" Yuesong said.
"No, we are from Zhangwan, Xiangyang. Our ancestors opened a braised pork restaurant in this city of Wuhan. I grew up in Xiangyang and only came here to take over my father's business after we got married." Lao Lu said while pointing.
Looking at the furnishings in the house, "The place where you enter is mainly filled with early morning customers. There is no business at noon. When it gets dark, the house is full of people drinking small wine and eating braised pork. There are also people in the back.
There are two private rooms, which usually have few guests, and then there are several wing rooms. The boss and I live in this one, and the waiter Xiaoliu who lives in that room, Xiaoliu is also a party member, and the chef Uncle Yun lives in that room.
, Uncle Yun is not a party member, but he is also from our traffic station. The other two waiters are casual workers. When they are busy, they serve food and pour wine. They are not from the traffic station."
As he said this, Lao Lu took Yuesong into Xiaoliu's room, closed the door, lifted the bedding on the bed, turned over the bed board, reached inside, and twisted it, revealing a hole under the bed. Lao Lu said to Yuesong: "
Let’s go down and take a look.”
Lao Lu took Yuesong down. It was quite spacious inside. Strangely, there was no lamp, but the light was good. Yuesong looked up at the bright place and studied it carefully.
"Haha, this was designed by our ancestors. At that time, we were just afraid of bandits. Look, the light above comes from the cracks in the stones of the patio. It can provide lighting, ventilation, and you can hear the sounds outside.
What's going on? Our ancestors were smart enough, right?" Lao Lu said, pointing to the bright light.
Yuesong smiled and gave Lao Lu a thumbs up and said, "Lao Lu, you are all good!"
(Sorry, it was sent by mistake, it has been corrected)