The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

"Brother, sir said that this table will be moved to the study."

"It's a bit heavy, come here and give me a hand."

"Oh, master, take a rest, how can you let you do such a thing as cleaning the table?"

"..."

In the new residence, the brothers of the Sun family and the servant Liu Wu are constantly busy, but Zhou Hexuan has nothing to do.

Yes, Zhou Hexuan moved again, to a small western-style building facing the street in the French Concession.

The ground floor had long been rented out as a roadside storefront, while Zhou Hexuan rented five rooms upstairs, with a kitchen, toilet and toilet, and even a telephone installed in the room. The monthly rent is 90 silver dollars, and water and electricity bills are not included. By the way, I also hired an old lady as a servant.

The monthly rent of 90 silver dollars is quite a lot. Now 1,000 yuan can buy a small courtyard house in Tianjin, which is not enough for Zhou Hexuan’s annual rent. I can only complain that the housing prices in the concession are too expensive.

There were two main reasons why he was in a hurry to move:

One is that Zhou Hexuan, as the president of "Ta Kung Pao", must avoid suspicion and cannot live in the young marshal's mansion all the time. Otherwise, if this matter is exposed, people will say that "Ta Kung Pao" is Zhang Xueliang's mouthpiece.

Second, Zhang Xueliang's official wife, Yu Fengzhi, came from the northeast, and even the second wife, Gu Ruiyu, was kicked out of the house. Zhou Hexuan didn't want to meddle in the young marshal's family affairs.

Not only Yu Fengzhi moved to Tianjin, but also the entire Zhang family.

Zhang Zuolin purchased 18 foreign-style houses in one go in Tianjin for his family to live in. At the same time, he bought the Prince's Mansion of Shuncheng County in Beiping as his office residence.

The whole family moved to Beijing and Tianjin. It seems that Zhang Zuolin really does not intend to return to the Northeast. He wants to manage the Zhili area for a long time. His heart is clearly revealed, that is to plot the whole of China, and he is not reconciled to being the local emperor in the three eastern provinces.

Later, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese. For China, it is really hard to say whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage. If he didn't die, there would never be a Northeast Yiqi flag, but he was only thinking about entering the customs.

Looking at Zhang Dashuai's development strategy over the years, that is, when he has the strength, he will enter the customs and fight for the world, and if he is defeated, he will return to the northeast to lick his wounds and prepare to continue to fight again, endlessly! If someone was killed outside the customs and Zhang Zuolin's hometown would not be guaranteed, he would sign a traitorous contract and ask the Japanese for help, and he would regret it after solving the trouble.

To put it bluntly, it's a shit-stirring stick, and it's a very powerful shit-stirring stick. The Japanese were fooled by him time and time again, and then they couldn't bear it anymore, so they deliberately killed Zhang Zuolin.

At this moment, the most unlucky ones are the old and the young. Zhang Dashuai bought so many luxury houses at once, and he couldn't find an existing house at all. So he aimed at Baylor, the prince of the former Qing Dynasty, and after a few greetings, the old and the young were so frightened that they hurriedly moved to make room.

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Zhou Hexuan's new residence.

The old lady Liu Wu with an apron on her waist put the freshly cooked food on the table, and suggested: "Master, do you want to buy a maid to take care of the daily life? I am an old lady with rough hands and feet, and I can't do fine work." Son."

Although the bad habit of privately keeping slaves and maidservants is strictly prohibited by law, it was not completely eradicated until the founding of New China. So Liu Wu said "buy" a maid, not "hire" a maid. Now that there are wars everywhere, and Chu Yupu is extorting violently in the Zhili area, the people's life is extremely difficult, and it is very easy to buy a maid.

Of course, Zhou Hexuan couldn't be a**********, he said: "No need, you usually do the laundry, cook the meals, and then clean the room. I will do the rest myself."

"Yes, master!" Mrs. Liu and Wu stepped back after serving the meal, and hid in the kitchen to wait for the leftovers.

These days maids are not only low in status, but also paid very little.

Liu Wu, whom Zhou Hexuan hired through an intermediary, has a monthly salary of only 2 yuan, which can buy about 40 catties of rice or 10 catties of pork. The only advantage is that you can eat leftovers with the owner's family. There is no daily expenses, and all the money you earn can be taken back to subsidize the family.

"Sir, this place is good and comfortable to live in!" Sun Yonghao came out of his room, ran to the kitchen and waited with a smile.

Of the five rooms that Zhou Hexuan rented, one is his own bedroom, one is a guest room, one is a study, one is a living room and dining room, and the other is for the Sun brothers.

The Sun brothers are now Zhou Hexuan's bodyguards and attendants. They go to work in rotation every day, and the ones who are free go to Li Jinglin's residence to study kung fu. Occasionally, Zhou Hexuan will spend money to send them to the shooting range to practice guns.

The two brothers are extremely satisfied with their current life. They don’t have to worry about food and clothing, they can get money, and they still have time to learn martial arts and practice guns. It’s like living in heaven.

Sitting alone at the dining table, Zhou Hexuan felt a little depressed. He went to the kitchen and said, "What are you all doing here? Come and have dinner together!"

Liu Wushi quickly responded: "I dare not have dinner with the master."

Sun Yonghao also said with a smile: "The leftovers will be fine."

"Eat as soon as you tell me to eat," Zhou Hexuan said speechlessly, "Also, don't call me master from now on, call me sir."

Only then did the two come to the living room, but they still didn't want to sit at the same table with Zhou Hexuan. Sun Yonghao put the vegetables in the rice bowl, and went back to his room with the bowl in his hand to settle it, while Liu Wushi took the rice bowl and went to the kitchen, looking at Zhou Hexuan with grateful eyes.

Although I finished it early in the morning, the concept of superiority and inferiority for thousands of years is still engraved in the bones of Chinese people.

Take Sun Yonghao as an example. The last time Zhou Hexuan invited their brothers to a restaurant, they were very bold, eating meat and drinking in big bowls. But now the two brothers are living in Zhou Hexuan's house with Zhou Hexuan's salary. The relationship between the two has changed from friends in the rivers and lakes to master and servant, and some rules must be followed.

Love it!

Zhou Hexuan didn't bother to correct it anymore, and ate alone facing the empty table.

Around evening, Zhou Hexuan took Sun Yonghao out and told Liu and Wu: "Mother Liu, I won't come back for dinner at night. You can leave work after cleaning the room."

"Okay, master...ah no, sir, go slowly!" Liu Wu quickly ran to help open the door.

There is a banquet at the Astor Hotel tonight, and Zhang Xueliang invited all the famous people in Tianjin to announce the establishment of the China Hope Education Foundation, and let these rich people vomit blood and donate money.

The Astor Hotel was founded in 1886, and the Germans upgraded and remodeled it on the basis of the Mud House Hotel. At the beginning, there were only three floors, and it was expanded to four floors two years ago. Electric lights, telephones, fans, and elevators should be fully equipped.

In the late Qing Dynasty, many traitorous treaties were signed here. Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Shikai, Li Yuanhong, Cao Kun and many other big figures came to Tianjin and chose to stay in this hotel.

Zhou Hexuan quickly arrived at the place in a rickshaw, and took the elevator upstairs under the guidance of the waiter.

There were already many guests in the hall, and it was quite noisy. Not long after Zhou Hexuan entered, he saw Feng Yong waving at him: "Hexuan, come quickly, I will introduce some friends to you!"