Chapter 244: Prey II
"Someone else going with me?" Xiaobao asked.
"Yes, can you understand Russian? No. Can Mikhailov understand you? Nor can it. So you need someone to be the middleman. This time, we have specially transferred a female newspaper operator from the Belarusian Affairs Bureau to accompany you. She is very reliable. You will see it when you get to the train station at six o'clock in the evening. Ohi said.
"Sir, time is too short. I'm going to go back and get ready now. Xiaobao said.
"Okay, you go back and get ready right away. If there is anything new at the train station, I will tell you again. Da Xiyan nodded and said.
Xiaobao walked out of the building of the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army. He now has to see Zhang Fengguang urgently. What the hell is going on? Five days is enough time to react, why did that Mikhailov swagger to Shanghai. Isn't this an obvious opportunity for the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department to exploit loopholes?
Xiaobao left an emergency meeting code at the door of the movie theater and rushed home. I don't know if Zhang Fengguang can see it, and I still have time to meet him.
Xiaobao went straight to the room when he got home. The large cheque that Schiderski gave him was converted into a few small denominations at the behest of Chen. Now he's going to take out one or two and exchange them for yen.
"What's the matter? On fire? As soon as I got home, I was so busy. Aunt Chang walked in and asked.
"Aunt Chang, I have an urgent mission to go to Shanghai. These are two checks, you can go and help me convert it into yen now. I pack my bags at home by myself. Xiaobao said and handed the two checks to Aunt Chang.
"You're going to Shanghai again?" When Aunt Chang spoke, a spark flashed in her eyes.
"Yes, it's tonight's train. I don't have time. You're going to help me run. Xiaobao said anxiously.
"Okay, I'll go." Aunt Chang left happily after speaking.
In fact, Xiaobao has nothing to clean up. Just stuff a few changes of clothes and toiletries into your bag.
Xiaobao wanted to go to the door of the cinema to see if Zhang Fengguang was here, although it was only more than an hour between him leaving the code.
Xiaobao stuffed his clothes and toiletries into his bag and went out to the cinema again. He waited at the door of the cinema for half an hour and didn't see Zhang Fengguang, so he went home a little dejected.
Xiaobao was frightened as soon as he opened the door. There were a dozen women sitting in the room. What's going on? Is this to learn from foreigners to open a big lie at home? So why is there not a single man, all women?
"Xiaobao is back," Aunt Chang shouted. The women in the whole room looked at Xiaobao with fiery eyes.
Xiaobao shuddered all over, as if he had been pointed at a dozen guns.
"Xiaobao, these are the good sisters I have known since I arrived in Harbin. When they heard that you were going to Shanghai, they all came to see you. Aunt Chang stood up and said with a smile.
"Brother Xiaobao, sit down. Damn Germany, it's a good day, but it has to go to war. In this war, French goods and Italian goods will not be able to get over from the Soviet Union. I heard that you were going to Shanghai, so I came for you. An old woman with at least two catties of powder on her face covered in jewels said first.
When she spoke, the other women were babbling. Xiaobao seems to have walked into the flower, bird, fish and insect market.
After listening to it for a long time, Xiaobao finally understood. Cao Qingshan originally belonged to the Northeast Army, and some of his buddies and friends in the Northeast Army at that time later surrendered to the Japanese like Cao Qingshan. Some of them are officials in Harbin. Cao Qingshan was recuperating in Harbin, so these people naturally came to visit. After coming and going, Aunt Chang and Bai Peony became good sisters who talked about everything with their wives or aunts.
Xiaobao bought the handbag back from Shanghai for Aunt Chang, and Aunt Chang naturally wanted to show off to those women. These women are indeed envious, and they all want to grow wings and fly to Shanghai.
Today, Xiaobao went home and said to Aunt Chang that she was going to Shanghai immediately, Aunt Chang did not immediately help Xiaobao exchange checks, but ran to talk to these women who usually had the best relationship with her, but I didn't expect that it would not take long for so many women to gather at home.
Aunt Chang should be the head of the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army, so that the royal paradise of the Japanese may be realized. She's just too efficient.
"You want me to come to Shanghai to help you buy something?" Xiaobao asked tentatively.
"Yes," a dozen women replied together.
Xiaobao was really taken aback.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to get so many people's things. Besides, how much money do I have to bring? Xiaobao said embarrassedly.
With a "bang", the first woman to talk to Xiaobao slapped a check on the table.
"This is the money I kept in Citibank Harbin. It's all in dollars. You can take it to Citibank in Shanghai and pick it up. Spend all the money on it and bring it back into something. The bejeweled old woman said proudly.
Several women present were about to take out the money out of their bags and out of their bags when they heard this sentence, and their faces turned red and they stopped.
Manchukuo, the North China Autonomous Government, and Wang Jingwei's Nanjing, Shanghai, were all lackeys of the Japanese, but they did not blend in with each other. Therefore, it is very difficult to go out from the Northeast to Shanghai through North China. It is even more difficult to get there by boat from Dalian, and only people from the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army like Xiaobao or diplomats like Mikhailov or people with very good backgrounds can do it.
Xiaobao is going to Shanghai this time, and none of these rich official wives plan to let go.
After a while, Xiaobao was holding several checks from different banks in his hand. There was also a thick stack of bills on the table. None of these banknotes were sheep bills of Manchukuo, but mostly Japanese yen.
The literate and hyphenated wife took out the paper early and made a list of everyone's money and things to buy, and handed it to Xiaobao after checking it repeatedly.
When Xiaobao heard the total amount of money quoted, he suddenly had the urge to fly away when he arrived in Shanghai.
"Just buy what I want, and the rest of the money will be your errand money." The bejeweled old woman said. The other women echoed in unison.
If I had known this, I wouldn't have stopped grabbing the train. I'll go into your people's house and rob it. I can grab more, and the special high school class will not catch me so much. Xiaobao thought regretfully.
Sending away these wives who spent a lot of money, Aunt Chang and Bai Peony were left sitting still.
Aunt Chang and Bai Peony just wanted to speak, but Xiaobao hurriedly stopped them.
"I've got some important things to get out of here. Will definitely be back in an hour. After Xiaobao finished speaking, he ran out of the door. Called a rickshaw and headed straight for the Oriente cinema.