59.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Lin Hongwen arrived on time to get drunk rouge. This drunken rouge has just opened, a total of three floors, there is a platform in the middle of the first floor, some people play the piano and sing music, the second and third floors are private rooms, but the third floor is more gorgeous.

As soon as Lin Hongwen stopped to look at it for a while, a small servant came up to greet him. Lin Hongwen looked around, didn't see Shen Lancheng, and asked, "Boss Shen has arrived?" ”

The little guy nodded again and again, "It's been a while, I'll be waiting for you upstairs." ”

Lin Hongwen followed him to the second floor and gave him thirty kopecks as a reward. Shen Lancheng originally made an appointment with Xu Qingzhi, but when he saw Lin Hongwen, he didn't show any unhappy expression on his face. Lin Hongwen explained to him, "The people from the Jewish Chamber of Commerce came, but my boss couldn't leave, and he was worried about the agreement with Boss Shen, so he asked me to come." ”

"Brother Lin is polite", Shen Lancheng beckoned Lin Hongwen to sit down, "I heard those who supplied the goods say that Boss Xu values Brother Lin, and seeing you today is no different from seeing him personally." ”

"Boss Shen is polite", Lin Hongwen said with a smile, "If you have any orders, just say it, I will definitely bring it back without a word." ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal," said Shen Lancheng, "and I want to buy some patterns that have been used by the United Firm." ”

"Why is it used?" Lin Hongwen asked puzzled.

"As soon as I come, buying a new one is equivalent to stealing business with you", Shen Lancheng poured Lin Hongwen a glass of wine, "I want to make money, but I don't do such an unkind thing." Second, it's these styles of your firm, which are changing too quickly. Some of our guests have only seen your style last year this year, and they like it so much, but you don't do it anymore. I found us here, and my tailors are average, and they can make a □□ likeness, so I came cheekily, and I hope that Brother Lin will go back and help me say a few good words. ”

"Boss Shen doesn't have to be polite", Lin Hongwen took a sip of his wine glass, "This is a mutually beneficial thing, I think my boss will also consider it seriously." ”

"Exactly", Shen Lancheng got up and opened the door of the private room, and said to the little guy outside, "Call Qingyu and Ru Ting to come over." ”

"Boss Shen, Miss Ru Ting is greeting guests."

"Do you know what the guest is?"

"I heard it's Boss He."

Shen Lancheng frowned unhappily, although he was angry, he knew that he couldn't afford to provoke others, so he had no choice but to say, "That's it, then call Qingshuang." ”

Lin Hongwen looked up at Shenlan City and said with a smile, "What's the matter, Boss He is also here today?" ”

Shen Lancheng sighed and said, "Don't mention it, it's no different from bandits, they just robbed me of a business last month." ”

Lin Hongwen blinked pretending to be confused, "What's going on?" ”

"Last month, I found a way to order a batch of beautiful foreign cloth with a southern boss, but as a result, He Gui knew about it, and he went to cut off the beard in front of me. Brother Lin, did you say that you did this kind of business? Shen Lancheng put the cup on the table angrily, "He He Gui has the ability to make him go, and no one stopped him, why does he have to cut off other people's wealth when he gets rich?" ”

"Our firm doesn't have any dealings with Boss He on weekdays, and I haven't heard anything from my boss", Lin Hongwen thought about it and said, "I didn't expect him to be quite domineering?" ”

"He saw that your business was not small, so he didn't dare to bully you casually", Shen Lancheng said, "But Brother Lin, you have to listen to my advice, after all, brother, I have lived more than ten years longer than you." He Gui, you have to be careful. ”

"Thank you Boss Shen for mentioning something", Lin Hongwen toasted him with a glass of wine, "I'll definitely bring the words when I go back." ”

Shen Lancheng nodded, and was about to say something, when Qingshuang and Qingyu came in. Lin Hongwen glanced up, these two women did not look alike, unlike Qin Hong and Qin Yu, whose facial features were somewhat similar, and they knew the sisters at a glance. As soon as Qingyu entered the house, he went straight to Shenlan City, which showed that he was a regular customer. Qingshuang sat beside Lin Hongwen obediently, and looked at him as if nothing was there by helping him pour wine.

"Brother Lin, when the business is over, enjoy it when you should enjoy it, don't be polite to me", Shen Lancheng said with a smile.

"Then I'll thank Boss Shen", Lin Hongwen toasted him with another glass of wine.

Shen Lancheng held the cup in his right hand, his left hand was no longer on the table, Lin Hongwen looked at him with a smile and said nothing, Shen Lancheng felt a little ashamed after being looked at by him for a while, and took his left hand back from Qingxue's thigh, "Brother Lin enjoy it slowly, I won't bother for now." ”

Lin Hongwen stood up and owed, "Boss Shen, please." ”

As soon as Shenlancheng went out on the front foot, Lin Hongwen sat down on the back foot. He didn't eat dinner, and when he came, he only drank a few glasses of wine, and his stomach was very upset. I casually added a chopstick duck meat and stuffed it into my mouth, but I didn't think it tasted good, so I ate it slowly and methodically.

Qingshuang was not noisy on the side, and added vegetables to Lin Hongwen from time to time. Lin Hongwen put down his chopsticks after half eating, wiped his mouth and looked at the sunny frost around him, "It's rare for you to be quiet." ”

Qingshuang also put down his chopsticks with him, smiled knowingly and said, "In the past, if you don't want to talk about it, you have to say it, but today I am serving Boss Lin, and I am also rare to be quiet and lazy." ”

"I don't think you look like that sunny rain, are you sisters?" Lin Hongwen asked.

Qingshuang shook her head, "The days I came here are front and back, so the names are similar, has Boss Lin eaten enough?" ”

Lin Hongwen nodded, and Qingshuang said, "Then I'll wait for Boss Lin to rest, right?" ”

Lin Hongwen thought for a while and said, "No need. ”

Qingshuang looked at Lin Hongwen with some surprise, Lin Hongwen took out a few rubles and gave it to her, Qingshuang refused, "Boss Shen has already paid the bill." ”

"What he gives is what he gives", Lin Hongwen said with a smile, "I think you serve you very well, this is what I gave you, you just take it." ”

"Then thank you Boss Lin", Qingshuang smiled and put away the ruble and sent Lin Hongwen out.

There was a small servant guarding the door, Lin Hongwen went down the steps leisurely, looking at the men and women downstairs casually, but when he swept to the handrail at the end of the stairs, his eyes suddenly froze. There was a slim man standing by the handrail, who was about to go upstairs. I don't know if I have some rouge on my cheeks, or if I am drunk and slightly drunk, and the white and red are very beautiful. The two beautiful curved eyebrows frowned slightly, and the red lips were tightly pursed, although the eyes were drooping, Lin Hongwen knew very well what the scenery would be when those eyes were opened.

Lin Hongwen still remembers the simple and cute look of those eyes when they smiled at him, and also remembers the sad look when those eyes were red and tearful, and even remembered that when the scam was exposed, those eyes were as calm as stagnant water.

Lin Hongwen unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, and said in his heart that this was interesting.

The two met in the middle of the stairs, and the man subconsciously looked up and saw Lin Hongwen's appearance clearly but was stunned. Lin Hongwen looked at her in a trance, "This girl is ......"

The little maid hurriedly introduced, "Boss Lin, this is Miss Ru Ting." ”

Lin Hongwen remembered the conversation between Shenlan City and Xiao Guy before, and quietly owed, pretending to look at her with a puzzled look, "This girl looks very kind, but I really can't remember where I saw it." ”

Ru Ting looked up at him carefully, her eyes swept over Lin Hongwen's eyebrows, eyes, nose bridge, and lips one by one, and finally returned to her eyes as if she was nostalgic. Ru Ting smiled and said lightly, "I haven't seen you for a few years, my brother is getting more and more Yushu in the wind, I don't know if you still remember the old man?" ”

Lin Hongwen made a look of sudden realization, "You are Yuan Ting, right?" ”

Ru Ting nodded, the little maid was afraid that the two would not have time to talk, and delay others to go upstairs, so she led Lin Hongwen downstairs. Lin Hongwen found an empty table and sat down, and instructed the servant, "Bring some wine and food, I want to catch up with Miss Ru Ting." ”

"Boss Lin, it's so hot, do you want to have some leather wine (1)? Drink refreshingly. ”

Lin Hongwen thought that he would definitely have a share of the wine sold, and it was really hard to run around on a hot day, so he nodded and agreed. After the little guy walked away, he looked at Ru Ting with a worried face, "I inquired about you for a while, but no one knew your whereabouts. How have you spent the past few years? ”

"After that time, the Fu family couldn't stay anymore, so they took me to Hulan. But then Hulan City was broken by the Russians, and these people died and fled, and they couldn't live with any money on the road, so they sold me", Ru Ting said with a wry smile, "and then it was sold to Peach Blossom Lane." ”

Lin Hongwen couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "If I knew this, I would have to ask Dr. Xu to buy you if I said anything, and you wouldn't have suffered so many sins." ”

Ru Ting looked at Lin Hongwen and sighed, remembering the way he contradicted Xu Shihuai for himself, the young man with bright eyes and bright teeth has now become angular, but his eyes are still clear and gentle. Thinking like this, Ru Ting felt that her nose was sour and her eyes were moist. It just so happened that the little maid came over with wine and food, Ru Ting wiped her eyes and said, "It's a good thing to meet again, don't talk about those unhappy today." ”

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(1) Regarding the evolution of beer transliteration: the word beer is "beer" in English, and later for the convenience of sales, citizens and merchants transliterated the English "beer" as "leather wine". One of the four condemnation novels of the late Qing Dynasty, "The Strange Status Quo Witnessed in 20 Years", wrote: "I took out a glass of foreigners eating leather wine. It is probably that "beer" has the effect of nourishing the liver and spleen, and "skin wine" was once called "spleen wine", indicating that drinking "spleen wine" can nourish the liver and spleen. Later, people thought that the words "skin" and "spleen" were not very appropriate, because beer was drunk with the mouth, so according to the shape and sound of the ancient Chinese word-making, a new "beer" word was created with the mouth as the shape and the humility as the sound.