Chapter 301

When Driver Chen returned to Zhu family building, Miss Zhu and Mr. Su had already finished their lunch.

He walked in with two grannies and told them, “First go and meet Mr. Su and Miss Zhu, let me remind you first, you can’t take any stance here, Mr. Su is not a nice person, and Miss Zhu doesn’t rub sand in her eyes.”

The two grannies are about thirty or forty years old, one surnamed Yang and the other surnamed Lu, used to do rough work in Mayor Feng’s residence, washing and cleaning, not in front of Mayor Feng and Mrs. Feng to serve.

The people who served in front of Mayor Feng and Mrs. Feng have long since disappeared, and then these men who did menial work were called to the front to serve.

The two can speak the official language, but also speak the dialect, facial features, people also look clean, Chen driver side picked these two.

The two nodded, hurriedly agreed, before tiptoeing in after.

Listening to the messenger said, the two are drinking tea in the small living room.

Chen driver with two grannies went in, saw Zhu Er Miss holding a cup of tea in the drink, Mr. Su in front of the record player to pick the record, the two people talking and laughing, very good, it does not seem to have just quarreled.

The messenger said, “Mr. Su, Miss Zhu, Mr. Chen is back.”

Su Chunjun and Second Miss Zhu then looked over together. Driver Chen realized that Second Miss Zhu’s eyes flicked over the two grannies behind him, and Fang smiled with satisfaction, picking up his cup and taking a sip of tea as if nothing had happened.

Driver Chen’s heart was tight, his body was half relaxed, knowing that he didn’t have to make another trip today.

He is the driver who follows Mr. Su, in the future, unless Mr. Su steps down, he will not change his boss. Then Ms. Zhu is his mistress.

Pillow wind was a powerful thing, and Second Miss Zhu looked to be extremely pillow wind blowing.

Driver Chen naturally had to fear her three times in his heart.

He stepped forward, called the two grannies over, pointed at them and said: ”Mr. Su, these two people, do you think they are suitable? If they’re not suitable, I’ll take them back and replace them.” He pointed at them and introduced them, “Her name is Yang, she used to work in the laundry room, I heard that she is quite clean; that one’s name is Lu, she used to specialize in cleaning. Both of them speak official language and dialect, they don’t understand English.”

Miss Zhu Er smiled and said, “Little Chen driver is Mr. It, asking people to run around in the middle of the day. In this way, Xiao Chen, you go with me to eat, the lunch for you has been prepared long ago, here let Mr. Su manage it.”

She put down her teacup and came over to call on Driver Chen to go out.

Driver Chen had to promise to follow, he felt that Second Miss Zhu should just fancy these two to stay.

He heard Mr. Su ask them in dialect behind him, “Do you have family? Where are the parents? And where are the husband and children?”

The two grannies then stammered their answers.

Miss Zhu Er took Driver Chen to the small living room and had someone serve him rice with wine.

Although it is said that drinking does not drive, driving does not drink, but nowadays the drivers drive all the way across the road, not much different from drinking, the road is so wide, but there is no separation between pedestrians and lanes at all, the railroad bus has its own railroad track, but there are people and cars walking around on it as well.

Driver Chen found that there were surprisingly his favorite dishes.

Zhu Er Miss smiled and said, “Mr. Su said you love to eat this, I counted the time and let them do it, you sit down and eat, the first floor arranged a room for you, later call the listener to lead you there, anything you need don’t be polite, anyway, the things are all sent by you, there is a lack of the next time to add in on the line.”

This is tantamount to bluntly saying: you can enrich yourself publicly.

Driver Chen didn’t expect that the one who gave him these words was actually Second Miss Zhu.

He hurriedly got up to thank her.

Zhu Er Miss: “Alright, no need to be polite. You are Mr. Su’s person, and I’ll have to ask you to take care of me in the future. Alright, you use it, I’m leaving so that you don’t feel uncomfortable.”

She waved her hand and left with alacrity, leaving Driver Chen alone in the small living room.

Driver Chen sat down and did relax. He winded up finishing his meal in less than five minutes. Calling for his listener to take away all the dishes, he went to find his room himself.

His room was right next to the servants’ room, the closest one to the door to the stairs and a window.

It wasn’t a big room, just one room with no bathroom.

There was a lamp above it, and the room had a bed, a cupboard, a table, and a chair.

There was a comforter and pillow in the cabinet, and a set of clothes with a pair of leather shoes underneath.

The drawers were empty.

There was a rope coming down from the roof by the wall, hanging over the bed, with a bell dangling from it.

Driver Chen looked at it and then came out.

He went to find Mr. Su and saw him and Zhu Er Miss standing on the stairs talking.

Mr. Su took Second Miss Zhu’s hand and asked, “If you don’t say yes, how dare I do anything? It’s still up to the wife to make the decisions in the family.”

Zhu Er Miss smiled and said, “I’m not a wife yet.”

Mr. Su: “The wife who hasn’t entered the door is even more powerful, I’m afraid that if the wife doesn’t enter the door in a fit of anger, the one who is a gentleman can’t do anything about it.”

Zhu Er Miss rolled her eyes and said, “Then the wife who has entered the door is worthless.”

Mr. Su: “After entering the door, there is still the bedroom door. The wife who enters the door won’t let Mr. enter the second door, Mr. is even more afraid.”

Zhu Er Miss spat with a red face and ran upstairs with a fling.

Mr. Su smiled and followed.

Driver Chen stood at the bottom of the stairs did not dare to move or tell Mr. Su to turn back, for fear of disturbing Mr. Su’s good deed.

At this time, Granny Lu came over and said, “Mr. Chen, Mr. Su and Miss Su said that they have to go back to the house to change their clothes for the guests, so you can make yourself at home.”

How could Driver Chen make himself comfortable? He could only go back to his room and stay there.

He asked, “Mr. Su asked you to stay?”

Granny Lu nodded and said, “Mr. Su waited for Second Miss to come back to see us and nodded before letting us stay. Mr. Su said that this is the Zhu family building, surnamed Zhu, so he shouted us to address the second miss and call him Mr. Su, so we can’t mess up the order of precedence.”

Driver Chen: “Oh ……”

This is Mr. Su’s fear that these subordinates are slowing down Second Miss Zhu, right?

Granny Lu carefully asked, “Mr. Chen, is Mr. Su a member of the family?”

Driver Chen nearly scared her to death and blustered, “Why do you care so much? Any more nonsense and I’ll kick you out!”

Granny Lu immediately waved her hands, “No, no, no, don’t dare, don’t dare.” Shrinking her head, she left.

Mr. Su and Miss Zhu Er went back to their room to change their clothes for more than two hours, and it was only when the Japanese came to the door that Mr. Su came down from upstairs.

The listener invited Suzuki Saburo and Hirata Yoshiko to come in, followed by two Japanese carrying many gifts.

Su Chunjun smiled and said in Japanese, “Rare guest, rare guest, welcome, please make yourself at home here.”

Suzuki Saburo was satisfied with Su Chunjun’s attitude, and said politely, “I heard Jiazi say that she was invited by the second young lady, so I sent her here on purpose, and please don’t mind my hasty entrance.”

Su Chunjun smiled and said, “No need to be polite. Mr. Suzuki can’t even invite such a distinguished guest. Wait a moment, I’ll call for Yan Yan to come down.”

Hirata Yoshiko did not expect the Zhu family to have such a tall house in the busiest street, and she felt that she had underestimated the Zhu family’s young lady. She remembered Suzuki Saburo mentioning that the Zhu family’s young lady was just a downtrodden prosperous young lady, and her family was supposed to be very poor. But a truly poor person wouldn’t own such a large house.

She saw that Mr. Su personally went upstairs to invite Miss Zhu Er down.

Miss Zhu Er’s dress was not flashy, the clothes she was wearing were obviously old, but the material and cut were very nice. She didn’t wear any jewelry, just a watch on her left hand.

She enthusiastically said to Yoshiko, “Yoshiko, welcome, come on, let’s go inside and play, I’ve prepared a lot of things!”

She came over and took Yoshiko’s hand, and after greeting Suzuki Saburo, she said to Su Chunjun, “Teacher Su, I’ll go up first.”

Su Chunjun smiled and said, “Have fun with your friends.”

After the ladies retired, Su Chunjun turned to Suzuki Saburo and said, “Mr. Suzuki, let’s go to the living room and have a seat while we wait for the ladies to finish their games.”

Suzuki Saburo readily agreed.

The two of them came into the room where Su Chunjun had tea with Miss Zhu Er just now, and the record player was still singing.

Su Chunjun walked over to turn off the record player and said with a smile, “What would Mr. Suzuki like to drink?”

Suzuki Saburo said, “Mr. Su call me Saburo.”

Su Chunjun: “Okay, Saburo.”

Tea was served at a moment’s notice, but at the same time a three-tiered plate of cut-up fruits was brought up, with apples, pears, yellow peaches, oranges, bananas, strawberries grown in a greenhouse, and greenhouse watermelons that weren’t sweet at all.

The shelf used for English afternoon tea was full of cut fruit today.

The listener carefully brings it up and sets it down.

Suzuki Saburo: “This is …… so scrumptious.”

He had never known that Chinese families had such a hospitality habit of giving their guests fruit.

Because nowadays everyone likes western style things, hospitality also uses western style snacks.

Zhu Er Miss definitely said that Japanese people like to eat fruits, and the Japanese must be happy to send this up, because Mr. Su hadn’t seen as many Japanese people as Zhu Er Miss, so he listened to her.

Su Chunjun smiled and said, “It’s nothing, it’s just that Yan Yan has made friends with many Japanese classmates at school, she has learned a lot about Japan from her classmates, and holds a high degree of goodwill and interest in Japan, so please don’t be concerned with Mr. Suzuki if there is any offense.”

A big question mark in Suzuki Saburo’s mind.

There was no need for Su Chunjun to lie about such things, and he couldn’t see anything wrong with the fruit, so it was Miss Zhu Er who had heard Japanese students in school say that Japanese people liked to eat fruit?

Did she mistake wakame for fruit ……

Saburo Suzuki thought that was the case.

He came today because he had something to inform the Chinese and needed the cooperation of the Chinese government.

He said, “Mr. Su, we hope to help the Chinese people live a happy and peaceful life as soon as possible. We know that the Chinese people are lacking a lot of things right now, and we at the Chamber of Commerce have the means to ship these goods in, but we don’t have enough stores, and the Chinese people have a lot of misunderstandings about us, do you have any way to solve this matter?”

Su Chunjun: “This is something I have long considered. I’ve always hoped that we could open up the Japanese Concession so that the Chinese people could freely buy things in Japanese stores. However, you know that the currency in the city is very confusing now, the people can’t buy much with Chinese money, and they don’t all have US dollars or pounds. The only way to solve this problem is to stabilize the banks first and find a way to keep the money in the hands of the people from becoming waste paper.”

It was neither possible for Saburo Suzuki to open the Japanese Concession – he couldn’t do that.

Nor was he likely to bother with any currency exchange – what did that have to do with him wanting to make money?

He just wanted to compel the Chinese to order all their stores to sell Japanese goods.

So he needed the Chinese government to order all the Chinese stores to open for business, and now that many Chinese stores were closed, if they reopened, the Chinese people would only go shopping.

And it would also take an order from the Chinese government to make all Chinese stores sell Japanese goods and not Chinese goods.

Before, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce would take advantage of the lack of food on the market and use the Good Citizen Certificate to open the market, but that one was too slow to see results.

Saburo Suzuki didn’t want to wait that long, he was already thirty-six years old, and he wanted to open up the Suzuki family’s companies in cities all over China before he turned fifty.

With enough money to Chinese government officials, they were willing to send soldiers into the streets to force the Chinese to open stores and force them to sell Japanese goods.

Saburo Suzuki: “I am very sincere in making friends with Mr. Su.”

He opens one of the boxes he brought as a gift and inside is full of gold.

Suzuki Saburo: “I hope Chinese stores can sell Japanese goods.”

Su Chunjun smiled and said, “Mr. Suzuki, we can take our time to discuss this matter.”

He readily extended his hand to take the box of gold, but Suzuki Saburo violently closed the box.

Su Chunjun withdrew his hand.

Suzuki Saburo: “Mr. Su, I’m not going to listen to one or two good words and give you the money. You have to give me your word. When will you make all Chinese stores sell Japanese goods before you get my friendship.”

Su Chunjun thought for a moment and sighed, “Sanlang, I am more than happy to help you. But the VIPs have not left yet. You should be clear that I don’t have enough power right now. Until the VIPs leave, I have to keep my tail between my legs.”

Suzuki Saburo called for his Japanese entourage and brought the gold down again in front of Su Chunjun.

Suzuki Saburo: “Then I will see how Mr. Su behaves after the dignitaries leave.”

Su Chunjun spread his hands regretfully, “Alright then. Taste the fruit?”

The listener came over and served pieces of fruit in a small bowl for them to enjoy.

Suzuki Saburo said as he ate the diced watermelon that was not sweet at all, “This is not as sweet as Japanese watermelon.”

Su Chunjun ate strawberries and yellow peaches, “Watermelons are grown in greenhouses and the season is not right now. But this peach is very sweet.”

The next step was to have a good time, and under the poverty-Su Chunjun’s habit of not wasting anything, the two of them ate all of the fruit in pieces.

On the way back to the car, Suzuki Saburo asked Hirata Yoshiko what she had said to Zhu Er-sama upstairs.

Hirata Yoshiko said, “Ms. Zhu thought that Japanese fruits were few and far between and said that all Japanese fruits were expensive, so she treated me to a lot of fruits.”

Suzuki Saburo: “No wonder. It seems those Japanese students are all poor.”

Yoshiko Hirata: “Miss Zhu also invited me to join her charitable foundation and gave me the position of honorary executive officer.” That made her happy.

“She said my seal would be ready to give to me in a few days. She also said she hoped you would join the charitable foundation as an honorary member as well ……,” Yoshiko Hirata whispered.

Suzuki Saburo didn’t care about a position in a student group’s charitable foundation, not to mention the fact that it was obviously something Su Chunjun was using to enrich himself by using his fiancé.

He smiled and said, “How come your official position is higher than mine?”

Hirata Yoshiko said nervously, “Miss Zhu said that this is the land of the wives, and that no gentlemen are allowed to assume high positions when they come in. She said that Mr. Su has donated money several times, but has no position whatsoever.”

Suzuki Saburo laughed and comforted her, “That’s okay. Then you’ll do a good job as the executive officer. By the way, remember to donate some money next time you go back, and donate some for me as well. I’ll bring the money to you.”

Yoshiko Hirata said, “Ms. Zhu heard that my family is in the textile business and said that she would be willing to open a special charity sale for the Hirata family’s cloth.”

Suzuki Saburo immediately lifted his spirits, “A special event? Only cloth? Does charity sale mean the price will be very cheap?”

Hirata Yoshiko was worried that she had done something wrong because she marketed the Suzuki family’s products, but Zhu Er-san refused because the Suzuki family made machines, and Zhu Er-san couldn’t open a machine charity sale.

Hirata Yoshiko nodded, ”But she said …… that she could take some remnants and edges because the price would be very, very low, or she could put up some complete cloths, but the good goods would only make up 20% of the total. Also, she said that since it’s a charity sale, it’s best if all the proceeds are donated, preferably to her foundation ……”

That was the reason why Yoshiko Hirata hesitated.

It just …… sounds like a scam ……

Suzuki Saburo: “Where is she having the bazaar? On campus?”

Yoshiko Hirata: “No, she said it was on the road.”

Suzuki Saburo had been thinking about it for two days, and thought that this bazaar might actually be useful. But he wanted to see it first.

Just in time, Hirata Yoshiko received her honorary retainer and engraved seal, as well as a heartfelt letter from Zhu Er-san, which stated that she knew that Japanese people loved seals, so she had specially selected a nice looking font and stone for Hirata Yoshiko, and hoped that she would like the gift.

Hirata Yoshiko shows the letter to Suzuki Saburo.

While reading it, Suzuki Saburo said, “You should visit Ms. Zhu now, send her a donation, and thank her for helping you.”

While thinking to himself, “Which Japanese student taught Ms. Zhu this? Japanese people like seals? Ninety percent of Japanese can’t even read, they know shit about seals.

From this, it was clear that Ms. Zhu was a person who could be easily deceived, and thanks to her favorable view of Japan, deceiving her turned out to be a very easy task, because she would believe anything that was said.

Suzuki Saburo instructs Hirata Yoshiko to make sure she becomes a good friend to Ms. Zhu.