late Qing Dynasty arrest

In the shop opened by foreigners, Yelia personally delivered the gift to Roberts, but Yelia did not take off the lambskin gloves from beginning to end.Yelia showed a contrived expression on her face, and the noble French lady with a smile was generous.Yelia listened to half of Li Guolou's words, and sold Roberts a bottle of French men's perfume, a pipe and a can of Cuban shredded tobacco.Even the young apprentice Jiang Cong received a gift, and the master and apprentice took off their hats to Yelia.

Li Guolou watched this scene happen, and knew that what he said to Yeliya in the morning was in vain. This is the prodigal master who likes to spend money recklessly.Sherry the maid; the jewelry on Jones is a gift from Yelia's lover?Yelia threw away her lover, and casually threw a small gift to the maid Sherry Jones.Yelia is the kind of woman who spends money whenever she goes out, and she always finds excuses for herself to buy things to pass the time.

In the carriage, Roberts asked Li Guolou about the terms of the contract, saying that the British are very serious in their work, and everything must be written in black and white.He didn't believe in the verbal promises of the Qing businessmen, and he had already learned a lesson in this kind of thing.

Li Guolou promised Roberts to draw up the details of the contract, with English as the background, and Roberts fell into a trap because he could not write Chinese.Tell Roberts to take photos at Baozhi's room these days, and try to get the good photos out as soon as possible. As for the details of the contract, he will not show Roberts until he returns from Tianjin.

Roberts stretched out his big hand and said: "Mike, it's a deal. I believe in your character. You are the most charming Qing people I have ever seen." After speaking, Roberts stared at Mrs. Yelia again with his gray eyes The profile of his face, he was exercising the gaze ceremony all the way.

Today Chen Xiangfang and Xie Xiuzhu are dressed up beautifully. Now that the photographer is here, how can they not only take pictures of food, but also living people.Looking at the eagerness of the crowd, Li Guolou knew that he would spend a lot of time taking pictures this day.Li Guolou became the set, and anyone who took a photo had to pull Li Guolou to sit beside him.The women had to take photos with Mrs. Yelia, and the torches were lit and extinguished in the busy hall.Li Guolou agreed to let his old neighbor Zhou Xiaohuan, who was stupid, to be Roberts' apprentice. Now there happened to be two apprentices holding high torches symmetrically in the field.

It is a big event for photographers to travel, and people from the shop next to Baozhi's house also came to join in the fun. They were embarrassed to take pictures of Li Guolou's three girlfriends, so they found an excuse to take a group photo.The small Japanese Yamamoto family walked on the street with unique steps. Yamamoto-kun came with two wives, wearing Japanese national costumes, and two women in kimonos followed closely behind Yamamoto-kun's buttocks with small steps .

At this time, there were more and more women engaged in business in the Qing Dynasty, and their status was higher than that of Japanese women, and they also had status in the family. Generally, they were money bags, and the economic lifeline of the family was already in the hands of their wives.Little Japan is even more feudal than the Qing Dynasty in the matter of emancipating women's status. Women have no say in the family. After women get married, they can only obey their husbands. Therefore, Japanese men like to use violence against their wives. Punch and kick your wife.The little Japanese woman had no choice but to kneel in front of her husband and ask him for forgiveness.The eldest wife has the right to beat the younger wife, and Yamamoto-kun's younger wife is the vent bucket for both of them.

It's not easy for Li Guolou to criticize other people's family affairs, he just pretended not to see the bruise on Yamamoto-kun's little wife's face.Li Guolou and Chen Xiangfang were sitting, beside Yamamoto-kun and his eldest wife, behind him Xie Xiuzhu, Yelia and Yamamoto-kun's youngest wife were standing.A total of seven people sat upright with their mouths tightly shut.

(At this time, people pay attention to smiling without showing their teeth. Only those who show their smiles open their mouths to take pictures, and women at most hold a round fan in their hands to pretend to be sweet.) Roberts came over with a bamboo ruler in his hand to adjust the direction of everyone's face and body. He now Men and women are not physically touched.Roberts made movements with a bamboo ruler, asking Yamamoto-kun's little wife to raise her head up a little more, and finally nodded in satisfaction, raised her thumb and said, "OK!" After speaking, he turned to the camera's curtain and said loudly: "One, two, three, four, ok!"

After taking the photo, Yamamoto-kun's family thanked Li Guolou and bowed ninety degrees to express their thanks.Li Guolou was unequivocal, and with his three grandmothers, he returned a ninety-degree bow to Yamamoto-kun.Li Guolou and the three grandmothers had already practiced the neat movements at home. Li Guolou had already prepared for the scene that happened now, and he wanted to let Little Japan know that he is a united family of the Qing Dynasty.

The three grandmas of Li Guolou were never tired of taking pictures. They could no longer smell the strange smell of Roberts. They respectfully poured tea and water for Roberts.

Neighbors came in droves, some people were still spying on the layout of Baozhi's house, scanning upstairs and downstairs, some even went to the kitchen of Baozhi's house to watch, and they were competitors in the same industry.

Li Guolou turned to Chen Xiangfang and asked, "Is the oven covered?"

Chen Xiangfang suddenly said: "Ah! Master Edward is baking buns."

Li Guolou said: "I knew you forgot, the smell of bread wafted out. The people who came gave them a bag of small bread! Let them know that we cook innovative dishes here, and they can't steal from the teacher."

Chen Xiangfang asked: "Xiaolou, what if someone steals from the hired chefs?"

Li Guolou said: "Grandma, do you still want me to teach you? Do the key steps in a small room, and don't tell the chef the recipe of the seasoning. That Yan has a big mouth, she can't hide secrets, don't tell the recipe and Tell her the key. Tell her when she opened her own shop, and you can tell her. As for the chefs invited here, if a smart person figured it out by himself, you have no choice. Just keep this signboard, and don't get a big mouse in the dish."

Chen Xiangfang said viciously: "I wish I could become a tabby cat now. I ate your mouse." After speaking, he ran into the kitchen to work. This is not a place for flirting. Chen Xiangfang is the boss's wife Point fingers at anyone.

Li Guolou chased him into the kitchen and asked, "Xiaofang, I almost forgot to ask you, should we invite the neighbors over for dinner?"

Chen Xiangfang said: "Xiaolou, colleagues are enemies. If we want to invite, we only invite shopkeepers who are not in the restaurant business. Please do whatever you want, and give a gift if you don't invite. Everyone does this."

Li Guolou said: "Then call that Bazi, where did he die now, there is no one in sight."

Na Yan said with a smile: "He, he went to Wang Wu's place. He was addicted to big brother, and now he went to the site to watch the scene. You understand."

Na Yan blinked at Li Guolou, and let Li Guolou understand the meaning by himself.

Everyone wants to be a big brother, but there are Manchu brothers, so naturally they go to collect protection fees. If people do gangster work, they don't want to do other things. It's too simple and comfortable.Just relying on face name to eat, and walking on the street with a group of younger brothers, everyone will be afraid of you, and you will have a sense of accomplishment, which is much more interesting than being a legitimate businessman.There is also a great sense of excitement, of course, you can also tease beautiful women and talk romantic words.Naturally, there will be dubious women to seduce, and there will be different women who can come up.

Li Guolou was very upset and said, "Sister, go back and tell that bastard that the work on the street is done by Wang Wu, so let him calm down and come back here. I asked him to take the upper-level route, and he went outside to mess around. What, tell him that the people along the way can't make much money and have to look forward."

Na Yan said: "Xiaolou, it's not that my sister is talking about you. You are doing trouble outside all day. When you come back, you will talk to Caijin yourself. Don't let me be a middleman. You see that you are all the same, and you will soon become strangers." Well, there is no brotherhood."

Li Guolou couldn't say how many nights he had gathered with the "Tianzihao" people to eat, drink, have fun, discuss plots and tricks, and the brothers' relationship was very good.But he didn't want to drag that bastard into this underworld. People can take different paths. Li Guolou chose a way for that bastard to cater to a big businessman who wants to climb up, because that bastard's mouth is his most powerful weapon. You can have a good relationship with the chiefs.A character like Wang Wu who relies on bloody swords to help him is only suitable for him in gangsters.

Li Guolou smiled and said: "Sister, your brother is a stick, I will wake him up, this place is about to open, you tell him to do a good job in the store, don't be a shopkeeper. I don't have shares here , let him think clearly."

As soon as Li Guolou complained to Na Yan, he went to find Qian Shuiping in the lobby, chatted with her for a while, cared about Mrs. Qian's family affairs, asked about his two adopted sons and daughters, and said that Qian Shuiping's family Qian Shuiping was very touched by moving to another courtyard of Wei Mansion. It turned out that Li Guolou had a good point and didn't forget her.

Li Guolou cut the matter to the main point and said, "Sister Qian, don't shed your tears, people think you are asking me for money again. I have something for you to handle, have you seen Roberts? How many people surround him, he is a heartthrob. He has no wife now, but he is not too old to be 40 years old. Roberts grows this beard to make him look different and memorable. It is called unique, just like our Baozhifang. He is an upper-class British, whoever marries him is an upper-class person in the capital. His camera can earn him a lifetime of money, and he can’t use it up ;;;;;;"

Before Li Guolou finished speaking, Qian Shuiping interjected, "Xiaolou, do you want me to marry Roberts instead?"

Li Guolou glanced at him and said, "Sister Qian, where are you going? I want you to be a matchmaker and introduce the widow Wu Cuilian to Roberts. The two of them are of the right age, and they will have a happy life."

Qian Shuiping said in a low voice: "Xiaolou, I want to divorce my husband, you have to help me with this first;;;;;;"

Li Guolou almost lost his breath, his chest was tight and he couldn't breathe.Qian Shuiping went to work here and stayed with the rich to open her eyes, and she no longer looked at her gambling husband Ma Yaozu.No matter how powerful a man is without money, no woman is willing to live with him for the rest of his life.It's like Honggu dumped Wang Kuaizui because the catcher Ai Hai is rich and powerful, and she doesn't want to live a life of poverty for the rest of her life.

Li Guolou glanced at the women around him. What kind of women are these? There is no longer the three obediences and four virtues of the past.The gates of the country were bombarded by foreign guns and cannons, and people's thinking has also undergone earth-shaking changes. Women have also become open, wanting to live a new life, elopement, and divorce. He is the disseminator of this new idea. .

After lunch, Li Guolou took Xie Xiuzhu and Yelia to Wanjia Bank to borrow money. Yesterday, Zhenbaoxuan bought 1 taels of jade, and the remaining money was not given to the jade merchant Zheng Zizi.The Wanjia ticket number is the ticket number for Zhenbaoxuan to borrow money. Wei Xiaoliu has done a good job in the preliminary work, and the procedures for borrowing money will only take effect after Xie Xiuzhu, the owner of Zhenbaoxuan, signs and pledges.

When leaving Baozhi's room, Li Guolou and Roberts greeted each other, and saw Qian Shuiping handing a hot towel to Roberts with a smile, and Roberts grabbing the towel with Qian Shuiping's hand, Qian Shuiping didn't scream or run away, still Looking at Roberts and smiling.

Li Guolou ran out of the store and sighed, "Hey, the Qing Empire is hopeless, people's hearts are out of control, what should I do?"

Yelia is very sensitive to the matters between men and women, she knew what Li Guolou was talking about at a glance, and she smiled foolishly beside her.This made Xie Xiuzhu turn pale with fright, why is Li Guolou going crazy on the street in broad daylight.