Chapter 155
On the way from the small red building to the school gate, Su Chunjun only chatted with his dear ones about the story of Miss Yang and Big Head Shi. They made many visions, some of which required a little help from them, the good and warm-hearted people, while some of which required them to disguise themselves as the monsters and fairies of the midsummer night and devise some obstacles for the two lovers, so that they would not be able to find each other so quickly.
They were sometimes bad and sometimes good, and although they could only watch from the sidelines, they might not be unable to derive pleasure from other people’s love.
He didn’t want to think about what he was going to do in a moment.
He did not consider himself a good man. He played with people’s hearts and sought power, and he’d seen or handled more evil than he could count.
But this was the first time he had gone so far as to hurt people and kill them.
He couldn’t pretend that no one would die when Master Kim’s family was taken into the gendarmerie.
He couldn’t pretend that Master Jin was the only one who had been victimized, and that he might later be ordered to find Master Yin and Master Bao. The rich people in the city were like fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
He understood beyond words why Master Zhu did not go back into business, preferring to be a scholarly scholar who dispersed his family’s wealth. Only in times of peace and prosperity can there be a way for the little people to live, merchants are no longer rich, they are just little people, and in times of chaos, money is their talisman.
Ms. Zhu’s family of mother and daughter can escape a life in this storm, because no one sees them as descendants of Zhu Half City anymore.
Second Miss Yang’s thin white arm held his, jumping as she walked, like a deer. Such a wonderful person must live a long and carefree life.
Yang Yuyan was rejoicing that she had come up with a good idea that could slightly relieve her lovesickness.
She said, “I can write to you! We are in the same city, so sending a letter must be quick.”
Su Chunjun smiled, did not tell her and will not be very fast, the post office to take away the letter, just to distinguish between the time it will take two or three days, which is still fast, she wrote a letter, at least four days before he will receive.
However, he did not want to refuse at all.
He was looking forward to receiving a letter from her.
Just think, when he returned to the empty Zhu family building, the night is already late, his stomach is very hungry but he does not want to eat anything, but he can turn on the lamp, sit on the bed and read a letter written to him by Miss Yang.
What a treat that would be!
“Okay, you write to me and I’ll write to you. We haven’t gotten through a letter yet, writing letters is the most romantic thing ever.” He said enthusiastically.
Yang Yuyan also felt that this was indeed romantic. The main thing was that this way she could get news from him even when she couldn’t see him.
The two walked out of the school gate arm in arm, and decided to walk a little further to the post office to buy a plate of stamps, and each of them would share half of it, so that they would receive each other’s letters with the same plate of stamps on them, and when they met again, the stamps on both of their letters would be the same plate again.
Wouldn’t that be more romantic?
They would collect each other’s letters and read them together in their old age.
Yang Yuyan entered the post office for the first time, and this place was not different from the post offices she had seen, or rather, there was not much difference.
The tall wooden counter, behind which sat the gentleman in a long shirt, was only two people. Behind them were a couple of small workers who seemed to be carrying goods.
In front of them was a line of people, all coming to mail letters. Others took out money and counted it one by one to show it to the gentleman behind the counter. That gentleman then took it, counted it once by hand and then with an abacus before putting it into an envelope, saying, “Paying two dollars guarantees delivery, do you really want to send it in an envelope? It’s easy to lose your money, and now everywhere is checking their letters so much that when they search away your letters, you won’t be able to keep your money, and you won’t be able to send your letters.”
The man who sent the money hesitated for a long time, but still couldn’t spare the two dollars, and said, “Excuse me, help me send it like this. Consider it bad luck if I lose it.”
The gentleman behind the counter sighed, “Alas, well then, I’ll send it to you then.”
Yang Yuyan looked at this scene with disbelief, so she asked Su Chunjun, “What’s going on here?”
Su Chunjun explained to her in a low voice: “When this person wants to send money, the post office can take the money first, issue him a ticket, send this ticket over, and the person who receives the ticket goes to the post office or money changer over there to cash in the money with the ticket. It’s safer this way, but there’s a handling fee when the money goes through one hand like this.”
Yang Yuyan held up two thin white fingers, “Two dollars?”
Su Chunjun smiled and said, “More than that, the bureau here charges two dollars, and then again when they exchange the money over there, maybe two more dollars, three or five dollars is also possible, and there are more deductions, and some of the money sent back to the mail to the point is not even a point left, and maybe also owed a little bit.” Yang Yuyan was startled.
Yang Yuyan was shocked, “Is it so excessive?”
Su Chunjun shook his head and walked to the counter on her arm, pulled out his work card and said, “Excuse me, please give me a plate of stamps.”
The gentleman behind the counter saw his work ID and hurriedly took out the stamps, taking a full page and giving it to him, saying with a smile, “If it weren’t for your ID, sir, I wouldn’t have dared to give you so many stamps.”
Yang Yuyan again did not understand and asked, “Why?”
The gentleman nodded to her and said enthusiastically, “Miss doesn’t know, how can an ordinary person have so many letters to write? Even if they write family letters, one letter a year is enough. Only those who are restless have so many letters to write.”
There is such a thing?
Yang Yuyan was dumbfounded.
She thought that the streets were full of gendarmes, the schools were full of Japanese students, and the stores on the streets were almost closed, and that was terrible enough, but now even something as small as stamps were being monitored, which was really beyond her wildest expectations.
Su Chunjun bought envelopes again and divided them equally with the stamps, giving half to her and leaving half behind.
The two stood in front of the post office, and he said, “Now, I’ll wait for your letter.”
Yang Yuyan hugged the envelope and stamps and was depressed.
He said, “Let’s go, I’ll send you back to school.” It wasn’t safe for a schoolgirl to walk the streets alone now.
He took her arm and sent her back to the university again.
As they walked in, two cars whined and sped past them, Japanese flags on the front, and students along the way avoided them, pointing and talking after they passed.
“It’s the Japanese coming.”
“The Japanese are here again.”
“I don’t know if the Japanese building has been built yet.”
Yang Yuyan whispered to Su Chunjun, “The Japanese building is almost finished.” She even went to see it. She even went to see it, and a lot of people went to watch it.
Su Chunjun said, “Is it a wooden building? That one was built very quickly.”
The Japanese Concession was built with wooden buildings, all connected in a row. The French and British Concession was built with brick and stone houses. Speaking of which, the Concession is really interesting, walking in is like being in a foreign country.
Yang Yuyan muttered, “It’s true that the poor people have no knowledge of small countries.”
She secretly with Shi Wuwei and Yang Yucan ran to see the Japanese people building feel very peculiar, Japan is now fast cattle on the sky, the result of building also cover wooden buildings.
Professor said that the Japanese are used to wooden buildings because of the earthquake in Japan, wooden houses fall down is not easy to crush people, and wood is cheap.
Yang Yuyan said Japan earthquake, here and not earthquake, to here still build wooden house is brain into water.
Su Chunjun suddenly born sense of knowledge, immediately said: “I went to see the Japanese concession was not used to, the expatriates living over there are almost all wooden houses, only a few places to build a large yard.” At first glance, it was clear that it was the official residence of the Japanese ambassador.
It was too easy to tell which Japanese were powerful, just look for masonry houses, big houses, and throw bombs into them.
As for the civilian house to eliminate is also very easy, set fire to it, guaranteed to burn a large area.
He would like to write down these two suggestions to where to cast a vote, later may be able to provide a little help to the Chinese aspirants.
He said these two points of experience, and indeed immediately won the second Miss Yang’s praise.
Miss Yang immediately changed her words, praised the Japanese wooden house is good, simple, with the beauty of nature, can be close to nature.
After half a day of the two of them, Su Chunjun saw that it was nine o’clock, and only then did he have to say goodbye and go to work instead.
Yang Yuyan saw the time is too late, hurried to run back to the small red building.
I thought she was late and everyone had already started classes, but I didn’t realize that only Shi Wuwei and Yang Yucan were waiting for her in the Little Red House.
Seeing her come back, they hurriedly pulled her and ran outside.
Yang Yuyan hurriedly put down the envelopes and stamps in her hands and called out to Zhang Ma, “Zhang Ma! Help me put it in my room!”
Then she followed her sister and Shi Wuwei and ran outside.
She asked, “What’s the matter? Where did everyone go?”
Yang Yuchan said, “The Japanese students are here, the Japanese teachers are here, the principal invited Prof. Dai over to be the interpreter, mom also knows Japanese so she went over to help, everyone went.”
Teachers and students went to watch the fun, so there was no one in class.
Shi Wuwei said, “I heard that these Japanese teachers and Japanese students don’t speak Chinese.”
Yang Yuyan: “Not a word? Then they come here to take classes only from Japanese teachers?”
Yang Yuchan sneered, “How could it be that good? The principal said for us to help the Japanese students.”
If they don’t know Chinese, of course they will be taught by Chinese students. In this way, the Japanese students learned Chinese and the Chinese students learned Japanese, what a wonderful way to help each other, which could enhance the friendship between the two sides.
Yang Yuyan immediately said, “I don’t know Japanese.” She is not going to be the translator for the Japanese students.
Yang Yu Cicada: “Nice try! You’re a five-language genius said on behalf of the professor, no one will be missing you if you’re missing.”
Yang Yuyan, how smart her brain was, immediately coughed, “I have a sick throat, I’m sick.”
She could immediately be too sick to say a word!
Yang Yu Cicada watched her do something strange and scolded, “Don’t play tricks, this is not a joke. Besides, mom is going, so you go too!”
Shi Wuwei hurriedly said, “Actually it’s kind of a good thing, we didn’t even understand the Japanese before, so it’s a good time to take this opportunity to understand them.”