But this old man is really not a reliable person, and he didn't know where to bring back an old-fashioned record player and a few vinyl records in the winter. But he actually took it home directly, and after listening to it for half a month, Hong Tao didn't give it to him if he wanted it, but just said that he would hug it when the store opened.

"Where are there so many good things? Do you think you want to buy cabbage? Didn't you say let me find you a night watchman, I found it, why don't you go with me to see it? I haven't told him yet, I'll talk to him again when you're ready." The second master pursed his lips, he didn't like Hong Tao's attitude of being a mallet.

"Cheng, go and see, go!" Hong Tao is now in urgent need of a person who watches the door more at night, this kind of person looks inconspicuous, but it is difficult to find.

First of all, he has to be reliable, he must be a person who knows the roots, otherwise he will give you a roll and a bag before others steal it. Secondly, he has to have no bad habits, such as alcoholism, gambling, good women, and troublemakers, or he will not only bring you any sense of security, but will also cause you countless troubles.

In addition, he has to be in good health and bold, at least he can't be a sick seedling, put aside the medical expenses first, come to a thief or something, you can't run away He can always scare and scare him, don't go under the bed yourself when the time comes. And I usually have to work my brain, and I can deal with some small things alone, and I can find the owner to deal with the big things. In the end, the family has to be unburdened, because this job is a vigil, and you must eat and live in the store, take the store as your home, and don't go home if you have nothing to do. Rest for two more days, and if you can't watch the door and keep vigil, you have to ask for several shifts.

A person who meets one or several of these conditions, whether it is Hong Tao's grandmother's hometown. or the eldest aunt can find a large handful, even among the neighbors in the alley of grandma's house, you can pick out a few. However, those who meet all these conditions have not yet appeared, and no one has nowhere to find them. So Hong Tao expanded the scope of the search a bit, and asked the second master to help him find a search, this old man is an old alley stringer. I know a lot more people than Hong Tao.

"Where are you going, what are you doing in the bathhouse?" The second master did not take him to that person's house as Hong Tao thought, but went directly to the public bath south of Beixinqiao.

"I made an appointment with him to meet here, just in time to go in the bubbles. "The second master pulled Hong Tao into the door of the bathhouse, and then paid for the ticket.

"Well, I'd better do it, you can help me find someone. You can't afford to pay for it yourself. Auntie, two! Two more bags of shampoo!" Hong Tao took out 5 yuan and handed it over first.

After buying the ticket, you can't enter the bathhouse, you have to hand the ticket to the waiter in the aisle first, and wait for him to call the number, because in this era, each household rarely has its own bathroom, or go to the bathhouse of the unit to take a bath, or you have to come to this kind of public bath. So there are a lot of people, and you have to wait in line to make a seat inside. The parishioners will arrange for people to enter on a first-come, first-served basis.

Usually a few come out and go in a few, but there are exceptions, for example, if you are in a hurry, you just want to take a shower and leave quickly, then you can tell the cousin, I will wash the basket! What does the basket mean? When you go in, you don't have a closet, you don't have a bed to rest on, you just have a big bamboo basket, you put all your clothes in the basket, and then you quickly wash them, and then you leave.

Speaking of the culture of old Beijing, we must mention the bathhouse, because it can be regarded as a microcosm of all walks of life and all walks of life in Beijing, even in the 8o years, it is still a place that ordinary people must enter.

It is said that it has appeared in the Song Dynasty, but the most popular time has to be the end of the Qing Dynasty to the period before the liberation, if you are a southerner, because of the climate, you may have less contact with this kind of bathhouse, but when it comes to a kind of entertainment place in the later generations, you should definitely know, that is the bathing city.

This kind of thing is not obvious to modern people, and removing those modern equipment is actually copying the official hall before liberation. The official hall is a bathhouse dedicated to serving the big officials and rich people in the past, from the decoration to the service, the hygiene is first-class, the guests can not only take a bath here, but also sleep here, play cards, eat, drink tea, smoke a lot, call the girl......

Before the liberation of Beijing's most upscale official hall is located in Yangmeizhu Xiejie No. 6 Dongshengping Bath, this is a three-storey small building of brick and wood structure, because it is located in the north of Dashilar, south of Bada Hutong, east of Dashilan Commercial Street, west of the antique market Liuli Factory, north of the Qianmen Railway Station, so it became the choice of the dignitaries at that time, and its third floor is all single rooms, as long as you have money, you can buy anything here.

In addition to Dongshengping, the famous official halls in Beijing at that time also had Qinghua Pond in Zhushikou West Street, Tsinghua Garden in Wangfujing Bamian Groove, Xishengping in Li Tiegui Xiejie, Yihe Garden in Dongsi South Street, and Yipinxiang in Renguangfu Xiejie.

Below the official hall is the second-class basin hall, which is also a small single room, with one or two large enamel bathtubs, as well as simple furniture such as reclining chairs and coffee tables, for guests to rest here after bathing. Most of the people who come here are middle-class people like government workers, teachers, or women with children, and they don't get tired of spending too much time here, just to take a shower comfortably.

The next level is the scattered seats, also called the pool hall, which is divided into a bathing room and a rest hall. The bathing room is generally two or more generous pools, there are warm water and hot water, everyone is soaking in it, there are a few benches next to it for everyone to rest, and there are a few wooden beds, which is a place to take a bath. Outside is the rest hall, in which there are rows of beds, two pairs, separated from each pair by a wooden partition more than one meter high. Above the head of the bed is the locker, and there is a coffee table between the head of the bed.

The purpose of coming here is not to simply take a bath, some come here to discuss business, some come here to settle disputes, and some come here to make an appointment with friends to chat. There is another kind of people who come here to hide from debts, they are afraid that they will be blocked by creditors when they stay at home during the day, so they run to the bathhouse to hide, it is time to sleep, and when they are hungry, they let the cousin go out to the nearby small restaurant to help him order food, and when he has nothing to do, he can also chat with the people next to him, and when the bathhouse closes at night, he will sneak home.

Therefore, the most lively place is not the official hall, nor the basin hall, but the pool hall. Here you can see all kinds of people from the five elements and eight works, the three religions and the nine streams, and each pool hall is a small capital. Moreover, after the liberation, coupled with the Cultural Revolution, all the official halls in Beijing were also converted into pool halls, and at most some basin halls were retained in the women's guest department.

Of course, Hong Tao can't take off the basket with the second master, that thing is placed on the top of the locker, in case he catches up with the thief, Hong Tao still has 100 yuan in his pocket. However, the cousin didn't let the two of them line up, but directly opened the door of the hall and shouted inside: The old place of the second master, there are 2 people on the bed......

With his shouting, the cousins in the hall will also echo the voice: Come on, you, please, second master! Make tea or bubble first?

"Soak it first! Dapeng is here and let him look for me!" The second master is obviously a frequent visitor here, and he is very familiar with the cousins, so he didn't need anyone to guide the way, so he walked directly with Hong Tao and came to a corner.

"Well, this is yours?" The cousin was a fat man in his 4o, naked, with only a bath towel around his waist.

"Dude, let's talk about buddies!" Hong Tao took off his clothes and answered the cousin's question first, there is a cheap and don't take advantage of the bastard!

"Ah, who did this start with?" the cousin made Hong Tao stunned, and looked at the second master suspiciously.

"The two of us are alone, little bastard! Take advantage of me everywhere, you can just take a big horn and shout!"

"It's good, it's good, or I'll have to follow the downgrade!"

After taking off his clothes, he locked the cabinet door, there was a rubber band on the key, which was put on his wrist, Hong Tao's arms were thin, so he simply put it on his ankles, and then wore a pair of big slippers, kicked and followed behind the second master, and entered the bathroom.

There are only two baths in the bathroom, one large and one small, the big one is warm water and the small one is hot water. Since it was morning, there were not many people, most of them were elderly, and a few of them knew the second master and greeted each other. It is estimated that there are very few children around the second master, so Hong Tao once again aroused everyone's curiosity and asked, so Hong Tao took advantage of it again and raised the seniority.

"Hey, don't go down! it's hot there!" the second master grabbed Hong Tao, who was about to drill into the hot pool.

"I'm not afraid of hot ......" Hong Tao tested the water temperature with his foot, it was a little hot, but he could bear it.

"I'm not afraid of being hot, you can't go down, you can't go down! Soak in the big pool!" the second master couldn't help but say, and directly lifted Hong Tao up and put it in the warm pool.

"Boy, you can't go to that pool, wait until your little jj grows up, and then go clubbing? Your grandfather feels sorry for you, don't you understand?" An old man next to him smiled and reasoned with Hong Tao.

"Why can't the child go down?" Hong Tao listened to the old man's words, and realized that the second master didn't let him go into the hot tub for no reason, there must be something special about it.

"Yes, equal, equal! Second master, you are so broad-hearted, if a child dares to argue with me, I will discount his leg!" The old man did not answer Hong Tao's question. (To be continued!)

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