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Shanghai's import and export trade has developed rapidly, and it seems to be the most prosperous place in China, so many foreign companies in Guangdong and Fujian in the early years chose to move north to Shanghai.

Tang Tingou is naturally no exception, the company that is still in Fuzhou is now just like an office.

In order to facilitate travel, Liao Wanyu asked someone to make two suits, she pretended to be a man and carried a suitcase to follow behind Tang Tingou, a three-piece suit with a gray hemp background and a thin bar and white checkered, an octagonal hat with the same color pattern, and her half-length hair was braided into a braided hat and coiled in the hat, at first glance she looked like a pampered young master from a big family.

Tang Tingou has a set of small western-style buildings on Fumin Road near Jing'an Temple, pale yellow, as long as you turn onto Fumin Road, you can see it from afar.

Liao Wanyu sat in the passenger seat in the front seat of the car, twisted her head and asked Tang Tingou, "Master, is that the building?" ”

Tang Tingou said "um", and Liao Wanyu turned around again and sat down honestly.

It was not the first time she had come to Shanghai, but when she thought that she would live here with Master in the future, her mood was different.

There are two doors on the street side of the small yellow building, and the big black iron door on the opposite side is opened, which is only opened when Tang Tingou enters and exits or when he receives visitors at home.

There is also a separate door, which is connected to the gatehouse when opened, and there are people who work in shifts at twelve o'clock, which is used by the servants of the family to buy or deliver posts on weekdays.

Getting closer and closer to the small yellow building, Liao Wanyu only then did she despise the middle-aged woman standing at the gate wearing black pants and a white mid-sleeved shirt, with a bunch of keys hanging on her big buttons, her left arm bent, and a white towel hanging on her forearm.

Looking at the dress, he should be a housekeeper, and he is still a Cantonese housekeeper.

They are well-informed, they also love to be clean, and they understand the rules of Westerners, and they are the most popular among buyers and sellers, especially those who do foreign trade.

The car did not stop at the gate, but was about to drive into the yard, the housekeeper in white shirt and black pants followed the car all the way into the gate, and as soon as the car stopped, he immediately opened the door for Tang Tingou, "Hello, master." ”

Tang Tingou nodded, and said to Liao Wanyu, who had already opened the car door and jumped out of the car, "This is Mai's, Steward Mai, you can pick whatever you like on the third and fourth floors later, and ask her to clean it up for you." ”

"Yes, Master." Liao Wanyu first responded to Tang Tingou's words, and then went to greet Steward Mai, "Steward Mai, I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

Tang Tingou would never let those who did not have a formal apprenticeship call him Master, as soon as Liao Wanyu said these two words, Steward Mai already understood, but she was used to being serious, and she didn't have a big expression in Su Ri, so she didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about Liao Wanyu.

Liao Wanyu didn't care about this, and waited for Tang Tingou to rest, so she walked around the third and fourth floors under the leadership of Steward Mai.

said that it was the fourth floor, but it was actually an attic, the rooms were not regular, the roof was slanted, Liao Wanyu was not used to this, and finally chose the room on the third floor facing south and connecting to a small terrace.

"Does Senior Brother live here too?"

Butler Mai quickly pushed open the floor-to-ceiling frosted glass door leading to the terrace, and turned to look at Liao Wanyu, "Mr. Zhang has his own apartment and doesn't come back often. ”

Liao Wanyu saw that she was about to get her own box after she finished speaking, so she hurriedly stopped her, "I'll just pack the luggage myself, it's hard to be a housekeeper." ”

Seeing this, Steward Mai didn't insist, straightened up and came down, "What does the young lady need, just tell me, ...... over there" She raised her hand and pointed to the desk on the side wall at the foot of the bed, "The phone is an internal line when you pick it up, and the basement and the porter will ring, these two places are always there people in the middle of the night." ”

Liao Wanyu nodded, feeling that the rules of Tang Tingou's family were bigger than those of the Lin family, "Thank you, I know." ”

Nodding slightly at Liao Wanyu, this middle-aged housekeeper with a serious expression and meticulous work, opened the door and walked out.

Liao Wanyu watched her close the door, and then took a closer look at the room.

The first thing you see when you enter from the outside is the desk, then you can see the four-poster European bed, the dresser next to the bed, and finally the frosted glass door that connects to the terrace.

But there was nothing new in it, what made her feel new was the bathroom hidden in the wardrobe door, and if it hadn't been shown to her by Steward Mai, she might not have found it for a while.

I don't know if this house was originally arranged like this, or if it was changed by Tang Tingou.

After sorting out the few luggage, Liao Wanyu hesitated to familiarize herself with other places in the house, and when she passed through the second floor, she found a small living room that had been opened up separately, surrounded by a set of sunset sofas around the low coffee table, a gramophone in the corner, and then looked closely, there was a stack of newspapers on the coffee table table.

Liao Wanyu was not familiar with the affairs in Shanghai, thinking that it would be good to read the newspaper, so she walked over and flipped through it, and found that there were a total of 12 copies from politics to sports, all of which were from the same day. Come to think of it, Tang Tingou has the habit of reading newspapers.

She now wants to learn from her master in everything, and there is such a thing in front of her, so she naturally takes it seriously.

Reading newspapers is actually an interesting thing, before today, Liao Wanyu didn't even know that there were newspapers specializing in sports news, from tennis to swimming, there were a lot of tricks.

Seeing the Hong Kong female swimmers in swimsuits on the second edition, Liu Wanyu was greatly surprised.

According to the introduction in the newspaper, this female player surnamed Yang is known as the "mermaid" in the Hong Kong team and is the champion of the swimming event of the Far Eastern Games.

This is absolutely not allowed in Luzhou. In particular, she is barefoot.

"What kind of place is Hong Kong?" After dinner, she accompanied Tang Tingou to eat in the garden, Liao Wanyu couldn't help but ask.

Tang Tingou walked very slowly, "Hong Kong is a place where a hundred flowers bloom, and there are many opportunities. ”

Liao Wanyu felt that Shanghai is now blooming, and she was a little disapproving, "Is it better than Shanghai?" ”

Tang Ting'ou chuckled, "Wait until the next time your senior brother goes to Hong Kong, you ask him to take you, you may not be able to feel what I said, it's better to see for yourself." ”

Liao Wanyu thought that she would also have the opportunity to go to Hong Kong and go to the place where Master had studied, and she couldn't help but wonder, "Master, can I see Senior Brother recently?" ”

"He buys cotton in Henan and wants to come back later."

Liao Wanyu thought about the current season for a while, and her eyes widened in confusion, "This season, isn't cotton just planted?" ”

"It's because we planted it that we have to harvest it. If you wait for the harvest, even if you can receive cotton, the price may not be satisfactory. ”

Liao Wanyu thought about it for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, "But I see, prices are always changing?" Not to mention waiting until winter, even the pork is priced at one price a day. ”

She didn't know about this at first, but then she took her younger brother out to live, and she had to buy everything by herself, and the vegetable market was a place she frequented.

"Yes, prices are always changing, but the solutions are all thought up by people, you say, if it were you, how would this matter be handled?"

Liao Wanyu didn't expect to eat hard, she still had to deal with an exam question, and walked beside Tang Tingou with a frown, "If it's me, then I have to know the price of cotton in recent years, what is the lowest and what is the highest, and after that, give a compromise price, and no one will lose." ”

Tang Tingou laughed after hearing this, "Why don't you lose, you can be a fool as a cotton farmer?" Wouldn't people think, if the market price of cotton this year is double or double that of last year, why would they sell it to you at a low price at a discount? ”

Liao Wanyu sighed, "That's ...... What to do? ”

"You're thinking about it, don't rush to answer me."

With the question left by the master in her heart, Liao Wanyu couldn't sleep well this night, she lay on the bed and thought about it over and over again, thinking of the middle of the night, she felt hungry.

The kitchen of the Tang family is in the basement, Liao Wanyu got out of bed and went out with slippers, and only stepped on the floor of the corridor with one foot, and the pine floor made a "squeak" sound, if the sound was nothing during the day, but in this quiet night, it would be very noticeable.

Liao Wanyu stuck out her tongue, gently took off the soft satin slippers, tried to walk two steps on the ground barefoot, and found that there was no sound, so she walked downstairs lightly.

Steward Mai is a Cantonese man, in the kitchen of the Tang family, there are soup and sugar water all year round, Liao Wanyu stepped on the gray ground with her bare feet, opened a clay pot, and couldn't see what it was.

Suddenly, the tungsten lamp in the kitchen was turned on, and Liao Wanyu, who was shaking, squinted her eyes and looked back.

"Who are you?"

The person who came was not Steward Mai or other servants as Liao Wanyu thought, but a young man she had never seen. The man looked to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, with round, short-sighted eyes with thin gold rimmed, and a white shirt with an open collar and sleeves that reached his elbows.

Liao Wanyu didn't panic, she looked at the person who came, and guessed that it was not far from ten, "You are a senior brother, right?" I am Master's new apprentice. ”

She wanted to shake hands with him in a pretended manner, but when she saw a casserole lid in one hand and a white porcelain spoon with a large long handle in the other, she smiled awkwardly and quickly put it on the stove, "Senior brother, hello." ”

In the telegram sent back by Zhang Dingyun, the time of arrival in Shanghai mentioned was the next week, but the matter in Henan was handled quickly, and he returned a few days early.

There was no servant in his own apartment, and there was no one to clean it up for many days, so he didn't bother to go back, so he got off the train and made an appointment with his friends for a dinner and played four rounds of mahjong, and then went straight back to the master's house.

He didn't know that Tang Tingou was back, and Tang Tingou didn't know that he was back, the master and apprentice hadn't met yet, and Zhang Dingyun naturally didn't know that he had an extra junior sister.