Chapter 198: The Contractor (16)
Gui Xue, she knows that she does not belong to this era, she is a modern person living in the 21st century, a native of Shanghai, born in an ordinary family, and her original name is Xue Gui. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info is a single strong woman, is the general manager of a four-star hotel, because of her busy work, she is nearly thirty years old and has not yet married.
By chance, she got an old photo of the Republic of China from a friend, and the reason for sending it was just because the celebrity on this black and white photo was a little similar to her. Xue Gui looked at it, it was really a little similar, but the people in the picture were obviously much younger and more beautiful than her. Friends laughed and said that Xue Gui should be her reincarnation. And Xue Gui smiled back, wishing to be so beautiful and young, now they are all yellow-faced.
Unexpectedly, this became a prophecy, Xue Gui slept and went to the Republic of China and became the daughter of a small landlord. Because the landlord's family business was damaged by the disaster, he wanted to give his little daughter to the landlord as a concubine. You must know that the big landlord is at least in his fifties, Xue Gui naturally did not obey, took Gui Xue's private money, went all the way north, and ended up in Shanghai.
met Lu Sanye for the first time on the boat, and the two secretly had a good feeling, and finally lost contact. As a result, when he arrived in Shanghai, Xue Gui encountered an accident, lost his money, and couldn't use a modern concept, so he could only rely on the original Gui Xue's skills, and finally became a courtesan in a third-rate song hall.
Later, she looked at Lu Sanye again, but in a different situation, her heart was complicated, and she accepted the fact that the young lady was "adopted", but she couldn't be honest with Lu Sanye. Thinking of her status in the troubled times, even if she is favored by Lu Sanye, it is also uncomfortable for her, who knows when such a "like" will change? The only thing Gui Xue can help Lu Sanye do is to help him manage the song and dance hall, and build momentum for himself, become an upper-class person in Shanghai, and secretly prepare for the War of Resistance.
But Xiao Lan doesn't know anything about this, not to mention that Gui Xue is a person who has crossed over in the future, and she has not yet figured out everything in this era.
Gui Xue said that she would give Xiao Lan a job, but she didn't say what it was, but Xiao Lan became a dishwasher at the bottom of the dance hall, specializing in cleaning the wine glasses and the like in the dance hall, and Lin Daidi was with her.
Half a month has passed since this work, and in this half month, Xiao Lan has also roughly understood the basic trend of human beings and the general trend of society in this era. Every morning, she would read the newspaper in the reading room to learn about current affairs, or read various books. The disadvantage of the information age not coming is that Xiao Lan can only spend a lot of time and energy to build his own world view and overall view.
The reading room was specially set up by Gui Xue with vacant cubicles, which is very unique. Xiao Lan also found a lot of inconsistencies with this era from the details of the management of the song and dance hall, such as punching in and out, bonuses, hierarchical management, hourly workers and other advanced concepts. In addition, the cabaret also has a singing pageant every quarter, a singing competition, and a special dance party every month, such as the need for a mask, anonymity and other new ways to play.
This also made Xiao Lan feel strange and kept an eye on it.
These novel ideas can also be understood when they are innovated by the same person, and Gui Xue is just the daughter of a small landlord, who is proficient in everything from feudalism to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. If these novel ideas were come up with by Lu Sanye, Xiao Lan could still understand it. But according to the people in the dance hall, these were all thought up by Gui Xue, and even Lu Sanye was surprised and praised.
It doesn't make sense.
As usual, after Xiao Lan clocked in, he came to the reading room to read the newspaper, most of the current affairs news today is what happened in Shanghai, and a small part of it is news all over the country, because communication is not developed, only telegraph can be used, there will be delays, and most of what I read today is what happened a few days ago.
What is rare is the current affairs of foreign countries, which come across the ocean and have to be translated, such as daily newspapers and English newspapers, which are usually delayed by several days. In order to get the latest news, Gui Xue also deliberately left a few separate all-English newspapers, which only she and Hu Sanye could understand.
Lin Zhaodi couldn't read it, but Xiao Lan could understand it, and she would also secretly take a look at it in the morning when Gui Xue hadn't come to pick up the newspaper yet.
Regarding "English", Xiao Lan didn't know why Gui Xue could understand it, maybe it was Hu Sanye who taught her. Not only Xiao Lan was puzzled, but Gui Xue, who came to pick up the newspaper in person this time, also felt very strange why Xiao Lan could understand English.
"Can you read the words on it?" Gui Xue didn't know when she walked to Xiao Lan's side and asked in a deep voice.
Xiao Lan paused, thought quickly, and was not found by Gui Xue, and quickly replied: "Yes, I used to work in a newspaper." She could have said that she was just looking at the pictures, but there were very few pictures in the English newspaper, so she wouldn't let her look at them. It was a stupid choice to be caught red-handed, and to say so.
"How much will it be?" Gui Xue raised her eyebrows, raising interest, and then asked.
"I can roughly understand it. Xiao Lan said frankly about her internship.
Gui Xue smiled, it was rare, this was the first time Xiao Lan had seen her. I have seen a lot of beauties, and I am a woman, Xiao Lan is also immune, but Gui Xue has a special extravagance in this Republic of China era, with upturned eyebrows and eyes, red lips lightly, noble and charming.
"That's good. Gui Xue said with a smile, and then gave Xiao Lan a new position, "In the future, you won't have to work in the cleaning area, work in the reading room, and help me tidy up the reading room." ”
This was a surprise, Xiao Lan was slightly surprised, but she couldn't be too happy.
"Also, you go upstairs every morning and read the newspaper to me, in Chinese. This is Gui Xue's true purpose, and it is also the reason why she laughs.
Gui Xue is a modern person, she studied English in college, but it is only business English, and when she comes to this era, she has forgotten a lot of things, and she has to struggle to get a dictionary to translate English newspapers. You know, in this day and age, translation is not like a modern cabbage, just pick and choose. Gui Xue has no way, so naturally she can't find the translation she needs.
"Okay. Xiao Lan didn't have any doubts, and simply gave the answer. For her, there is not enough time to read books every day, and it would be good for her to work in the reading room. And she won't stay here, she will always find a way out for herself.
Gui Xue was very happy, and Xiao Lan agreed to her transfer. She took the opportunity to sit next to Xiao Lan, and asked with a chuckle, "Then now, can you read to me what you just watched?"
"It's okay to ......," Xiao Lan began to tell what she had seen.
Gui Xue is not only happy that there is a person who can understand English, but also happy that there are people who have the same level of thinking as her. You must know that the people who enter the reading room every day and the books they read are recorded one by one. Xiao Lan thought that Gui Xue was just recording to prevent the loss of books, but she didn't know that Gui Xue would check the records on time every week.
So what books Xiao Lan is reading and what newspapers she is reading, Gui Xue knows it clearly.