Liu Yanzhi expressed his willingness to go with Professor Dang, and when he said this, Lei Meng, who originally planned to go out alone to have some fun, had to give up his plan and accompany the party to visit the teacher.

"I can't see that you are also people who respect teachers." Dang Aiguo chuckled, "Then go with me and meet the founder of Jiangdong University, the Jinshi of the Guangxu Dynasty, the veteran of the League, the leader of the Jiangdong literary circle, the leader of the academic circle, Mr. Shao Qiuming, the old man will give you a word, which is enough for you to use for a lifetime." ”

Liu Yanzhi and Lei Meng both nodded solemnly.

Dang Aiguo sighed and said, "Count it up, Mr. Shao's longevity is not a few days. ”

Liu Yanzhi said: "I know that this old man has a lot of backbone, refuses to eat American flour, and starves to death." ”

The party patriotic waved his hand: "That's all our party's propaganda, Mr. Shao died of liver cancer, that's right, their family doesn't eat American flour, but it's not so poor that they can't eat, there is always money to buy domestic food, I remember that President Shao's memoirs wrote that when he was young, Chen Zikun came to visit his grandfather at home, brought 100 catties of millet from Nantai, and drank millet porridge at home for several days. ”

Liu Yanzhi nodded thoughtfully, this is the so-called integrity, the noble integrity of the masters of the Republic of China era.

Time is limited, say go, three people put their luggage in the guest room, go downstairs to let the hotel arrange a taxi, this year can afford to sit in the taxi people are by no means idle, because the entire city of car ownership is three digits, in addition to government agencies, military and police gendarins, that is, dignitaries, for commercial purposes, the whole Omi is only a dozen cars, the cost is calculated in US dollars, the people of Pingtou dare not think, travel at most a tricycle.

It didn't take much effort, a shiny Chevrolet sedan came to the door of the Suzaku Hotel, the driver wore a uniform, wore white gloves, got out of the car and pulled the car door, Dang Aiguo and Lei Meng sat in the back row, Liu Yan sat straight in the co-pilot seat, inadvertently exposed the handle of the Browning FN1935 gun in his placket, the driver saw it, and remained silent, there are more people with guns this year, in short, it is right to be provoked.

Dang Aiguo handed a note to the driver, on which Professor Shao's home address was written, and if they went to the door by themselves, it would be a waste of time, and it would be more convenient to take a taxi.

The driver drove a Chevrolet car, driving slowly on the central street, at the end of the year, everywhere was busy, doing New Year's goods, collecting debts, hiding debts, citizens lined up in front of the rice shop, students waved banners, demonstrated in the front street of the provincial capital, shouted anti-civil war, anti-hunger slogans, American steel helmets on their heads, sentries with formal rifles on their shoulders, looked at the students expressionlessly, the sky was falling snow, and a stormy atmosphere permeated the cold winter air.

"The people are not happy." Liu Yan sighed, the driver looked ahead, and said, "The price of rice has risen again." ”

"How much rice can I buy with a monthly salary?" Liu Yanzhi asked.

The driver turned his head to look at him, very puzzled, how could this person ask such a childish question, he didn't know how much the fiat currency had depreciated? Gold yuan bills are more useless than fiat currency, and those who have more monthly wages are burdened with burdens, and the banknotes beautifully printed on imported American Dowling paper are not as valuable as the paper itself.

"I can't get enough to eat anyway." The driver replied that he tried not to talk as much as possible, so as not to provoke these guys of unknown origin, who were spies from Nanjing, dog spies who came to find Chen Dashuai's stubble.

Dang Aiguo said in the back row: "Master driver, find a shop to stop for a while, and I'll buy some pastries, milk powder and other things." ”

"Yes, sir." The taxi driver knows this kind of high-end store well, he drove straight to the Sincere Department Store on Central Street, this store and the Sincere Department Store on Shanghai Avenue is a chain store, the five-story building, the first floor of the street is full of glass windows, the window is full of dazzling goods, there are Christmas trees decorated with electric bulbs, there are model trains imported from the United States, together with miniature tracks, sets, the price is 100 US dollars, a few children from poor families outside the window watched the small train spew white smoke and run happily, snot dripping down and forgetting to wipe it.

The car was parked at the gate of the department store, the driver was busy getting out of the car, helping the VIP in the back seat to open the car door, respectfully sending them off the car, and running over to open the door of the store, the party patriotic nodded, Lei Meng took out a silver dollar and threw it over, the driver grabbed the silver dollar in the air, and waited for the guests to enter the gate.

The guests are so generous in tipping, and they shoot an ocean, what a thick family foundation this is, the driver sighed.

What he didn't know was that this batch of silver dollars was minted by the station itself, using a computer-designed mold, naturally old, and the material was 95% sterling silver plus some copper, a full 27 grams, modern silver has been reduced to an industrial metal, only a few yuan per gram, so the cost is very low, and the cost is very low.

When the party patriot and his entourage entered the mall, they immediately felt the warmth on their faces, American jazz music sounded in their ears, the tycoon in mink wore a bewitching woman in front of the counter to buy luxury goods, and there were several blonde American soldiers with Chinese women on their arms.

"I want to find fault and beat people." Liu Yan said straightly, "It's itchy fists." ”

"Just bear with me." The party patriotism said coldly, "Don't look at it, it's all like this, in the 50s, Lao Maozi was a virtue." ”

Liu Yanzhi finally did not make a move, they stopped in front of the food counter, named to buy domestic food, which can make the clerk worried, the charming female clerk said in a Nanjing dialect of Chinese: "Sir, American goods are not good, the quality is good, and the price is not high." ”

This is true, after the end of World War II, a large number of surplus supplies of the US military poured into China, cheap and good, instantly crushed the national industry, this era, Europe is still a pile of rubble, Asian countries are also in ruins, only the United States is the only one in the market, it is difficult to support domestic products.

In the end, the clerk still helped them find two cans of domestic carved brand condensed milk, only condensed milk can not be taken, Dang Aiguo bought some bird's nest, two old ginseng, are nourishing things, when leaving, I saw that there was fruit candy for sale, and weighed five catties, wrapped it in straw paper, tied on a rope and carried it.

It only costs twenty dollars to buy these things, in fact, no one in the mall uses gold yuan coupons to pay the bills, that thing is not worth much, you have to take a bundle of bills to buy a piece of sugar, it is too troublesome, everyone uses US dollars or silver dollars, as for the government's claim that private possession of foreign exchange gold and silver is a crime, everyone only thinks it is a joke.

After buying their things, the three of them walked out of the mall, and the snow was falling heavier outside, and under the marble steps of the Central Bank opposite, lay a ragged beggar, who had not moved at all, and had probably frozen to death.

The party patriotic sighed and got into the car.

Three minutes later, the car arrived in front of the Shao Mansion, which was a small city in the late 40s, and the Shao Mansion was on Yanwu Street, only a five-minute walk from Sincere Department Store.

The Shao family is a big family, the scholarly door, the yard is extremely bright, the outside looks like a Chinese-style mansion, but there is also a European-style small building inside, the porter saw that there were guests visiting by car, respectfully came out to ask, the party patriot took out the business card, let the porter hand in.

After a while, the porter invited the three guests into the door, and the eldest young master of the Shao family, Shao Qiuming's eldest son Shao Lin, received them, sat down and served tea in the living room.

The party's patriotic business card was printed on the drug importer, and Shao Lin treated him politely, but he was obviously a little absent-minded.

"Mr. Shao, I was entrusted to visit the old principal." The party loves the country," Xiao Rufeng, a 1925 graduate of the Department of Chemistry of Jiang University. ”

Of course, this name is not made up by the party's patriotism, in fact, Xiao Rufeng is not only Shao Qiuming's protégé, but also Shao Lin's friend, but this person later studied in the United States, and also became an American citizen, turning into a Chinese-American scientist.

Of course, these are all later words, at least in 1948, Shao Lin still had a lot of feelings for Xiao Rufeng in his heart, and his interest suddenly came up, and he kept inquiring about Xiao Rufeng's situation in the United States, and by the way, asked the attitude of the Washington authorities to the situation in China.

The party patriotism talked eloquently, and said it casually, with his cultural knowledge that was 70 years ahead, it was not a problem to fool Shao Lin.

"I want to visit the old principal on behalf of Brother Xiao, but it's okay but his wish, I don't know ......," the party said patriotically.

Shao Lin pondered for a moment, got up and said, "Brother Party comes with me." ”

The two entered the back house and looked through the glass of the main landlord's house, and the old principal Shao couldn't fall asleep and was still sick.

"Brother Dang, it's not that I won't let you see you, you're really terminally ill." Shao Lin lowered his head and sighed, "Both Chinese and Western medicine have seen it, it is a malignant tumor on the liver, a terminal illness, the old man loves to drink all his life, and he is sick from drinking." ”

Dang Aiguo also sighed, patted Shao Lin on the shoulder, and the two walked forward, and suddenly saw a thin little boy standing at the door of the wing, blinking at the guest.

"This kid is called a man." Shao Lindao.

The boy bowed, "Hello sir." ”

Dang Aiguo took off the polite return salute: "Hello, little brother." ”

Shao Lin said: "This is a dog, a large Wen Yuan, seven years old this year. ”

The party patriotism secretly shouted in his heart, hello teacher.

The child was afraid of life, so he went back to the house, and the party patriot continued to go back to the front hall to talk to Shao Lin, and unconsciously talked about the political situation, Shao Lin smoked cigarettes one after another, and scolded the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek authorities for being corrupt and incompetent.

"Brother Shao, do you think China can still be saved?" Don't look at Shao Lin scolding the Americans, hating the monopoly of American goods in the Chinese market and suppressing the national economy, but he is open to American cigarettes and does not refuse to come.

"The only one who can save China is the Communist Party." Shao Lin spat out a puff of cigarette and said conclusively.

"I've heard they're talking about it." The party's patriotism wrote lightly, "It is only necessary for united front work to deceive you social elites and democrats, and when the political power is in hand, you will turn your face and deny people." ”

"It's not right for Brother Dang to say that." Shao Lin changed his complexion, "The Communists are true to their word, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, a system of democratic consultation will be established, and we all want to participate in the administration and discussion of state affairs, and they will definitely not engage in dictatorship and one-party dominance like the Kuomintang, and I can guarantee you with my life." ”

The party has been patriotic for 70 years, and he is not here to quarrel, he smiled faintly and said: "I hope it's not too early, it's time for us to leave." ”

Originally, Shao Lin wanted to keep the guests for dinner, but the conversation just now made him feel uncomfortable, so he didn't say anything to stay, but the gifts from the guests were still accepted, and they were sent out of the gate, got into the car, and watched the Chevrolet go away, and then returned home.

In the car, Liu Yan turned his head and asked, "Later, this master became a member of the CPPCC, right?" ”

Dang Aiguo shook his head: "No, he was shot in 1951 when he suppressed the rebellion. ”

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