Chapter 236: Encounter Yue'er at the Shanghai Beach Pier
I don't remember how long I cried with my mother, but I remember that later we laughed and shared the small pot of preserved egg and lean porridge together, and then I let my tired mother sleep well, I came to the kitchen outside the door, threw away the bowl of wild vegetables on the stove that my mother had intended to eat, washed the pots and bowls, and cleaned up the kitchen.
Maybe it's because I slept too much during the day, I didn't sleep at all, and I thought about a lot of things over and over again.
That night, I was almost sleepless until it was almost dawn, and I fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up again, I saw countless rays of sunlight streaming in through the cracks in the door panels, it was obviously not early, and it was still a sunny day outside.
I felt a little bit of my body, it was great, there was nothing uncomfortable, that is, I was fully recovered.
I glanced at my mother's bed, she wasn't there, I shouted again, and no one answered, so I speculated that she might have gone out.
Just when I got up and got dressed, a note was pressed on the table by a silver dollar, which read: Yang'er, my mother went out to send the embroidered materials to the customer, and by the way, I will see if I can find out the news of your father, I may have to come back later, and I will not wake you up in the morning to see that you are sleeping soundly. After you get up, take the money and go out to buy some food by yourself, after eating, you are willing to turn, just go around the neighborhood, come back early, and wait for your mother to come back and cook dinner for you. As for the part-time job, don't worry, wait until you get better.
Looking at the font Juanxiu's message, I was also amazed in my heart, my mother's handwriting is really good, in the end, everyone is beautiful, and full of poetry and books, and has received good training since childhood, in order to write such a good hand!
When I saw that inconspicuous silver dollar, I was also full of emotion, which has become an ordinary cultural relic in modern society, but now it has become an important thing for our family to live.
I know that if Yue'er hadn't come to see us yesterday and gave my mother three silver dollars of his salary, we would have had a very poor life again.
However, I know that such days will be gone forever, because now I am not the ordinary me I used to be, but also the future real life can shuttle between the two netherworlds, I believe that it will not be long before I can take my mother and father to have my own home in Shanghai.
It's just that I don't know if I can still have psychic abilities after traveling to the Republic of China period in this time and space, because so far, I haven't tried to summon ghosts, and I'm not sure if I can communicate with ghosts in the underworld in this time and space.
However, this is not a big problem, I plan to find a dark corner where no one is around, try it, if I can also cast spiritism to conjure spirits, then I have a special ability that ordinary people do not have, and with this, it is enough to gain a foothold in Shanghai.
But I know that the top priority is at the moment, I need to find a way to earn a sum of money, and then after my mother asks me which patrol house my father is locked in, I can use the money to redeem my father, I believe that in this era, everything can be done if you have money.
Thinking of this, I casually played with the silver dollar and went out.
When the door is closed, when I habitually want to lock the door, I realize that the door is too dilapidated and shabby, and there is no lock at all, and then I remember that such a poor home, even if the door is open, no thief will want to come.
So I closed the door and went out.
Along the way, looking at the narrow alleys and the dilapidated and simple wooden houses on both sides, I knew that this area was full of poor people living at the bottom of Shanghai Tang.
Every day lives a hard life that is difficult to eat and wear, struggling between life and death all day long, some may give up on themselves and live passively, and some lie down and taste courage, actively live, looking forward to the day when they can get ahead in this paradise of the rich.
As I walked out thoughtfully, I also accidentally noticed that some of my neighbors seemed to be scared when they saw me, and even from the corner of my eye, I could feel that some people were pointing behind me, as if they were talking about me.
Suddenly, I remembered that I still seemed to be an ominous person, and because of this, I was kicked out of the house by the Su Mansion and the Yun Mansion of the wealthy family one after another.
Even his father and mother are also living in this slum, how can they not become ominous people in the eyes of others?
Therefore, these neighbors avoid me, and it is reasonable to talk behind my back.
It's just that I haven't had time to ask my mother, because I have done something wrong, I will be considered an ominous person by everyone, can it be said that whoever is close to me will be unlucky, and even his life will be in danger?
Thinking about it, I think it's only possible, but at that time, I didn't have future memories and special abilities, so naturally I couldn't figure out why I would bring misfortune to others, but now I have the memory of future real life, and I also have a strong soul power, and it's only a matter of time before I want to find out all this.
I didn't take this to heart, and sooner or later, I would make the ominous person in everyone's eyes become a person everyone respects.
Before I knew it, I had come to the exit of the slum, and instinctively wanted to take out my mobile phone from my pocket to navigate and see where I was currently in Shanghai, but soon smiled bitterly again, looking at my patched clothes, I didn't even have a decent pocket for my mobile phone, and I still expected to take out my mobile phone?
What's more, in this era, how can there be a mobile phone! I suddenly felt that this is really not used to traveling from time and space to the past in real life in the future!
However, no matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to get used to it slowly, otherwise you will only be troubled.
I probably looked around, there was a large slum behind me, and in front of me was a small road, and next to the road was a relatively wide river, and on the opposite side of the river was a deep house compound, and it was obvious that the people living were rich and noble.
Just across the river, the two sides of the river are the paradise of the rich on one side and the hell of the poor on the other, perhaps this huge gap between the rich and the poor is the truest portrayal of Shanghai Tang.
In addition to feeling emotional, I simply walked slowly along the river, thinking that after passing through the slums, when no one in the vicinity knew me, the so-called ominous person, I would ask someone for directions, and I planned to go to the Bund, that is, the most prosperous city center in Shanghai.
Look at how bustling Shanghai was decades ago.
After walking along the river for half an hour, I finally passed the slum, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road, and wharves began to appear along the river, and large cargo ships were docked on the wharf, and many workers were nervously loading and unloading goods.
When I saw the dress of these workers, I inadvertently reminded me of the TV series about Shanghai Tang on TV, what Xu Wenqiang, Ding Li, these living characters keep coming to my mind.
It seems that these fictional legends all started out as porters on the docks, and later joined a gangster, and through their own skills and brains, they gradually started their careers, and eventually became the powerful Shanghai Tang tycoons.
It's just that the final outcome is not good, that is, it is just a moment, and in the end it is killed by a new rising star, maybe this is called feng shui turns, presumably everyone who mixes on Shanghai Beach Road is ready to die at any time.
After all, such a way of life is your own choice, so you have to face the reality, only by daring to face death, can you have the opportunity to enjoy the so-called high.
Maybe I was a little overinvested while walking, but I didn't realize that I had actually come to a very prosperous pier, looking at the endless flow of people around me, I turned out to be a huge cruise ship not far away, and many passengers were getting off the cruise ship.
Among these passengers, I am now a lot of foreigners, and then there are some rich people who are brightly dressed. Obviously, this cruise ship is likely to be a luxury cruise ship that travels between home and abroad, and it is by no means something that ordinary people can afford to ride.
I also saw a lot of poor people dressed like me, trying to carry their luggage for the rich, and it was clear that this was a good opportunity to make money.
After all, for these rich people, the mood is good, and the reward is not stingy, maybe just a little busy here, just carry those heavy luggage near the dock to pick them up, or send them to the rickshaw, you can get a lot of tips.
Of course, there are also people with particularly noble status, as well as special bodyguards to escort them, and special car pick-up, and even their luggage is all carried by a bodyguard dressed in black, obviously the goods contained in these luggage must be very expensive.
What I saw in front of me was interesting and nostalgic, so I slowly walked around and watched it like a tourist who had signed up for a day trip to Shanghai Beach.
It's a pity that I don't have a camera in my hand, otherwise I would have taken a lot of photos to keep a souvenir.
"Little master, why are you here?" Just as I was wandering around curiously, a familiar girl's voice sounded beside me.
I instinctively turned my head and saw that it was Yue'er! That is, the Yunfu maid who came to see my mother in the slums yesterday.
"Yue'er? What a coincidence? You're here too! I'm alone at home and have nothing to do to go out to relax, I've been in a coma at home for half a month, and if I don't come out to bask in the sun, I may have mushrooms growing on my body. By the way, are you here to pick people up?" I said in surprise, and made a casual joke.
"Haha, does this person still have mushrooms on his body! Yes, I came to pick up people on the orders of the master, where did the eldest lady go?" Yue'er said with a smile on her lips.
"My mother went out early in the morning, saying that she was going to deliver her embroidered materials to the customer, and by the way, I inquired about my father's affairs, and it is estimated that she will not be able to come back until the evening. By the way, Yue'er, why are you alone? Do you need help picking up people? I'm idle anyway, so it's okay to be a free porter for you. Just move the muscles and bones. Don't be polite to me!" I glanced behind Yue'er, but I didn't see anyone else, so I volunteered.
First, Yue'er is always helping my mother, so I am willing to help her, and secondly, I just happened to stay with Yue'er for a while, and by the way, I learned more about Shanghai Tang, after all, I have to survive in this Shanghai Beach in the future, know myself and know my opponent, in order to make a difference.
"I didn't come alone, and the housekeeper Fubo also came, and the identity of the person who picked up this time is very special, so I don't dare to slack off. Besides, how can you help you move things when you just got seriously ill? Besides, you won't want to see her this time, so ......."
When I saw Yue'er talking and talking, her face suddenly became a little hesitant, I knew that it must be inconvenient for me to come forward to help her, and I had a hunch that I must have known the person she was going to pick up this time......