In the foreigner-owned shop, Yelia delivered the gift to Roberts herself, but Yelia did not take off her lambskin gloves from beginning to end. The contrived expression of Yelia was shown on her face, and the smiling noble French lady was generous. Yelia listened to half of Li Guolou's words and sold Roberts a bottle of French men's perfume, a pipe and a can of Cuban tobacco. Even Jiang Cong, a junior apprentice next to him, also received a gift, and the master and apprentice gave Yelia a hat salute.

Li Guolou watched this scene happen, and knew that what he said to Yelia in the morning was in vain, this is the master of the loser, and he likes to spend money indiscriminately. The jewelry on the maid Sheri Jones was a gift from which of Yelia's lovers? Yelia threw her lover away, and threw the small gift to the maidservant, Sherry Jones. Yelia is the kind of woman who spends money whenever she goes out, and will always find excuses for herself to buy things to pass the time.

Roberts in the carriage asked about the terms of Li Guolou's contract, saying that the British are very serious in their work, and everything must be written in black and white before they can be counted. He didn't believe in the verbal promises of the merchants of the Great Qing Dynasty, and he had already learned a bloody lesson in this kind of thing.

Li Guolou promised Roberts to draw up the contract details, with English as the blue background, and could not write Chinese, so that Roberts fell into the trap. asked Roberts to go to Baozhi's room to take photos these days, rush to work at night, and try to get the good photos out as soon as possible, as for the contract details, he will not show Roberts until he comes back from Tianjin.

Roberts stretched out his big hand and said, "Mike, it's a word, I believe in your person, you are the most charming Qing person I have ever seen." With that, Roberts fixed a pair of gray eyes on the side of Lady Yelia's face, and he was paying attention all the way.

Today, Chen Xiangfang and Xie Xiuzhu are dressed up beautifully, since the photographer is here, how can they only shoot food, but also live people. Looking at everyone's eagerness to try, Li Guolou knew that he would waste time taking photos this day. Li Guolou became the set, and whoever took a photo had to pull Li Guolou to sit next to him. The women had to take pictures with Mrs. Yelia, and the torches in the busy hall were lit and extinguished. Li Guolou agreed to let his old neighbor, the silly Zhou Xiaohuan, go to Roberts's apprenticeship, and now there are two apprentices in the field holding torches symmetrically on the left and right.

The photographer's trip is a big deal, and the people from the shops next to Baozhi's house also came to join in the fun, and they were embarrassed to take pictures of Li Guolou's three girlfriends, so they found an excuse to take a group photo. The little Japanese Yamamoto family walked on the street with a unique pace, Yamamoto-kun also came with two wives, wearing Japanese national costumes, and two women in kimonos, followed Yamamoto-kun's ass with small steps.

At this time, there were more and more women in the Qing Dynasty who were engaged in business, and their status was higher than that of Japanese women, and they also had status in the family, generally they were money bags, and the economic lifeline of the family was already in the hands of their wives. And little Japan is more feudal than the Qing Dynasty in the liberation of women's status, women have no right to speak in the family, and women have only one way to obey their husbands after marriage, so Japanese men like to use violence against their wives, and they punch and kick their wives at every turn. The little Japanese woman can only kneel in front of her husband and ask for his forgiveness. The eldest wife has the right to beat the younger wife, and Yamamoto-kun's little wife is the venting bucket for the husband and wife.

Li Guolou is not easy to blame for other people's family affairs, but he didn't see the bruises on the face of Yamamoto-kun's little wife. Li Guolou and Chen Xiangfang were sitting, next to Yamamoto-kun and his eldest wife, and behind Xie Xiuzhu, Yelia and Yamamoto-kun's little wife were standing. A total of seven people sat with their mouths closed.

(At this time, people pay attention to smiling without showing their teeth, only those who sell laughter open their mouths to take pictures, and women hold a fan in their hands at most.) ）

Roberts walked over with a bamboo ruler in his hand to adjust the direction of everyone's face and body, and now he does not touch the body of a man or a woman. Roberts took the bamboo ruler to make a movement, and asked Yamamoto-kun's little wife to raise her head a little more, and finally nodded with satisfaction, cocked her thumb and said, "OK!" After speaking, he turned to the screen of the camera and said loudly: "One, two, three, four, OK!" ”

After taking the photo, Yamamoto's whole family said a word of thanks to Li Guolou, and bowed ninety degrees to thank him. Li Guolou was unequivocal, and took the three grandmothers to return a ninety-degree bow to Yamamoto-kun. Neat movements Li Guolou and the three grandmothers have already practiced at home, and Li Guolou has already prepared for this scene that is happening now, and he wants to let Little Japan know that he is a united big family of the Qing Dynasty here.

Li Guolou's three grandmothers were tired of taking pictures, and they couldn't smell the strange smell of Roberts, so they respectfully poured tea and handed water to Roberts, and took pictures of Roberts one after another, and finally wiped out in Roberts's mouth.

The surrounding neighbors came one after another, some of them were still peeking on the layout of the Baozhi room, scanning upstairs and downstairs non-stop, and some people even ran to the kitchen room of the Baozhi room to watch, and they looked like competitors in the same industry.

Li Guolou looked at Chen Xiangfang and asked, "Is the oven covered?" ”

Chen Xiangfang suddenly said: "Ah! Master Edward baking a bun. ”

Li Guolou said: "I knew you had forgotten, the fragrance of bread wafted out." Give them a bag of bread! Let them know that what we are doing here is an innovative dish, and they can't steal it. ”

Chen Xiangfang asked, "Xiaolou, what should I do if someone steals from the hired chef?" ”

Li Guolou said: "Grandma, do you still want me to teach this?" Do the key steps to the cubicle, do not tell the chef the recipe of the seasoning. Na Yan is a big mouth, she can't hide secrets, don't tell her the recipe and the key processing. Tell her when she's going to open her own shop before you can tell her. As for the chefs who are invited, there are smart people who can realize it themselves, and you can't help it, there will always be people who will open their own shops after learning their skills. All you have to do is keep the sign and don't make a big rat out of the dish. ”

Chen Xiangfang said viciously: "I hate to become a big cat now." Eat you rat. After saying that, I ran into the kitchen to work, this is not a place for flirting, Chen Xiangfang is the proprietress who can point fingers at anyone.

Li Guolou chased to the kitchen room and asked, "Xiaofang, I almost forgot to ask you, are we going to invite neighbors to dinner?" ”

Chen Xiangfang said: "Xiaolou, peers are enemies, if we want to invite, we only invite stores that do not do restaurant business." Please do whatever you want, give a gift if you don't invite, everyone does this. ”

Li Guolou said: "Then call that Bazi please, where is he dead now, and there is no ghost in sight." ”

Na Yan smiled: "He, he went to Wang Wu, he was addicted to the eldest brother, and now he has gone to the turf to see the field." You get the idea. ”

Na Yan winked at Li Guolou and asked Li Guolou to comprehend the meaning by himself.

Everyone wants to be a big brother, and then there is a little brother who is full of people, so he naturally goes to collect protection money, if people do this kind of work, they don't want to do other things, it's too simple and too comfortable. It is to eat on the face and walk on the street with a group of younger brothers, everyone will be afraid of you, and there will be a sense of achievement, which is much more interesting than being a legitimate businessman. There is also a great sense of excitement, and of course you can flirt with beautiful women and talk about romance. Naturally, there will be many women who will seduce them, and there will be different women who can go up.

Li Guolou was very unhappy and said: "That sister, go back and tell Nabazi that Wang Wu did the work on the street, let him come back here." I asked him to take the upper route, and he went outside to fool around and told him that he couldn't make much money along the way and that he had to look forward. ”

Na Yan said: "Xiaolou, it's not that my sister said you, you are doing things outside all day long, and when you come back, you will talk to Caijin yourself." Don't let me be the middleman, you see that you are all the same, you are about to become strangers, how can there be brotherly feelings. ”

Li Guolou can't say how many nights he has gotten together with the "Tianzihao" people to eat, drink, and discuss intrigues, and the brothers have a very good relationship. But he didn't want to drag Nabazi to this underworld, people can take different paths, Li Guolou chose a big businessman road for Nabazi to climb up, because Nabazi's mouth is his most powerful weapon, and he can have a good relationship with the chiefs. A character like Wang Wu who relies on bloody knives to help him is only suitable for him in the gang.

Li Guolou smiled and said: "That sister, your brother is a mallet, I will wake him up, this place is about to open, you tell him to do a good job in the store, don't be a shopkeeper." I don't have any shares here, so let him figure it out. ”

Li Guolou complained to Na Yan, so he went to the lobby to find Qian Shuiping, chatted with her for a while, cared about Qian's sister-in-law's family affairs, asked about his two righteous sons and daughters, and said that let Qian Shuiping's family move to the Wei Mansion Courtyard, which made Qian Shuiping very moved, it turned out that Li Guolou had benefits and did not forget her.

Li Guolou cut the matter to the point and said, "Sister-in-law Qian, don't wipe your tears, people think you're asking me for money again." I've got something for you to do, do you see Roberts? How many people revolve around him, he is a heartthrob. He doesn't have a wife now, but he's not even forty years old. Roberts wore this beard to make him stand out and make people unforgettable, which is called distinctive, just like our Baozhi room. He was a first-class Englishman, and whoever married him in Beijing was a first-class person. That camera of his could earn him a lifetime of money, and he couldn't use it up······"

Before Li Guolou finished speaking, Qian Shuiping interjected: "Xiaolou, do you want me to remarry Roberts?" ”

Li Guolou glanced at him and said: "Sister-in-law Qian, where do you want to go, I want you to be a matchmaker and introduce the widow Wu Cuilian to Roberts, the two of them are also of the right age, and they will have a good time on dry fire." ”

Qian Shuiping lowered his voice and said, "Xiaolou, I want to divorce my husband, you have to help with this first······"

Li Guolou almost turned his back on his back, and his chest was tight and out of breath. Qian Shuiping ran here to work and stayed with the rich to open her eyes, and she no longer looked down on her gambler husband Ma Yaozu. No matter how powerful a man is and has no money, which woman is willing to live with him for the rest of his life. It's like Honggu dumped Wang Kuaizui, but she didn't like Ai Hai who was rich and powerful, and she didn't want to live a hard life for a lifetime.

Li Guolou glanced at the women around him, what kind of women are these, there are no more past three obedience and four virtues. The country was bombarded by foreign guns and cannons, people's thinking has also undergone earth-shaking changes, women have become open, want to live a new life, elopement, divorce tricks have been used, and he is the disseminator of this new idea.

After lunch, Li Guolou took Xie Xiuzhu and Yelia to borrow silver from Wanjia ticket number, and yesterday Jumbo Xuan bought 10,000 taels of jade, and the balance was not given to the jade merchant Zheng Cripple. The Wanjia ticket number is the ticket number of the borrowed money from the Treasure Pavilion, Wei Xiaoliu has done a good job in the early stage, and the procedures for borrowing the money are required to be signed by the owner of the Treasure Treasure Pavilion, Xie Xiuzhu, before it takes effect.

When leaving Baozhi's room, Li Guolou said hello to Roberts, and saw Qian Shuiping handing a hot towel to Roberts with a smile, and Roberts towel and Qian Shuiping's hand grabbed together, Qian Shuiping did not scream or escape, still looking at Roberts and smiling.

Li Guolou ran out of the door of the store and sighed: "Hey, this Qing Empire is hopeless, and people's hearts can't be controlled, what should I do?" ”

Yelia is very sensitive to things between men and women, she knew what Li Guolou was talking about at a glance, and she smiled stupidly on the side. This made Xie Xiuzhu's face pale with fright, what kind of madness did Li Guolou have on the street in the middle of the day.