Chapter Seventy-Eight: Let's Shake the Vine
"Stop," Hideko Kono said. Then she got out of the rickshaw and walked up to Xiaobao.
"I'm going to Qiulin to buy something, you're waiting here." Hideko Kono said, pointing to a building on the side of the road. Two rickshaws were also waiting on the side of the road.
Xiaobao waited for a while looking at the bustling people walking on the street.
Chinese, Japanese and Koreans in national costumes. It's more people who can't see which country in suits and leather shoes.
The women were generally bold and trendy, many wearing skirts with their arms and thighs exposed. It hurt Xiaobao to want to see it and be embarrassed to watch it.
The most eye-wrenching are the Russian girls, with short wavy hair on their heads, towering breasts, and bare thighs walking proudly on the streets.
"Have you seen enough?" Hideko Kono was carrying something in her hand and looked at Xiaobao angrily.
"You take this." As she spoke, Hideko Kono handed Po something with a vegetable mound to Xiaobao.
Xiaobao felt light and soft in his arms, and asked, "What is this?" β
"Haven't you seen Da Leba?" Hideko Kono asked rhetorically.
The two rickshaw drivers also looked down and laughed at this hillbilly who had never seen Russian bread.
Only then did Xiaobao notice that Hideko Kono had changed into a Chinese cheongsam and wore it on her body.
Xiaobao had never realized that Hideko Kono was a woman before, but now she was so shocked that she couldn't speak when she saw Hideko Kono standing in front of her.
The two rickshaws continued eastbound along Dazhi Street. Xiaobao is like Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden for the first time, and her eyes are not enough.
"Stop", the rickshaw had just turned into a side street for a while, and Hideko Kono shouted.
Two rickshaws were parked in front of a small three-story western-style building.
After paying for the two coachmen, Hideko Kono walked to the door and rang the doorbell.
After a while, a middle-aged woman in a blue cloth gown walked out. She saw Hideko Kono scream in surprise and hurriedly opened the door.
She took what Hideko Kono was holding, turned around and ran towards the house. As he ran, he shouted, "Madam, Miss is back." β
Hideko Kono then entered the house. Xiaobao followed behind with a large bread in his arms.
Xiaobao deliberately rubbed the soil on the soles of his shoes at the door, and then walked into the inside of the small western-style building.
On the sofa in the living room sat an old lady cross-legged, smoking a cigarette pouch in her hand.
This old lady happens to be a good match with Second Master Qi. Xiaobao thought to himself.
"Is that the person you're talking about?" The old lady's gaze crossed Hideko Kono and landed on Xiaobao's body.
"Hello, auntie." Xiaobao has always been self-cooked, he said with a grin.
The woman in the maid's outfit who stood to the side laughed out loud.
The old lady was unmoved, staring at Xiaobao with knife-like eyes.
"Let's spin the vines." The old lady said.
"Flowers, flowers." Xiaobao stammered. I didn't expect to meet my colleagues here!
"Flower paper vines? The surname is Qian. Not bad. The old lady muttered.
"What about your old man?" Xiaobao asked rhetorically.
"You still ask me what my last name is? Ten thousand people, what's wrong? The old lady said, rolling her eyes.
"Oops, your old man is a saint's surname. Disrespectful, disrespectful. Xiao Bao said with a smile.
"Tiger, huh. Where did you find this kid? The old lady asked Hideko Kono.
"He turned out to be from Toad Mountain." Hideko Kono replied.
"Toad Mountain? I've heard about it. What's the matter, the incense head of Toad Mountain is not burning? The old lady asked.
"I'm the only one left in Toad Mountain." After a moment of silence, Xiaobao replied.
"Do you know how to cook?" The old lady asked suddenly.
Suddenly changing the topic, Xiaobao was stunned for a moment and said, "Eat casually on the mountain, I will make a pot of stew." β
"If you can stew indiscriminately, you won't starve to death. You take this little deflated calf to live in Ningjiang Hutong. Don't let this kid dangle in front of my eyes and annoy me! The old lady said angrily to Hideko Kono.
"Let's go, I'll take you to where you will live in the future." Hideko Kono said.
After watching Hideko Kono lead Xiaobao out, the old lady asked the middle-aged woman, "What do you think of this kid?" β
"Look at him walking, he should have practiced. He can kill the four seas with one shot, which shows that his marksmanship is also good. The middle-aged woman said.
"I mean, how about him!" The old lady was getting impatient.
"There is a little bit of heaven and earth that are not afraid. I can't see anything else yet. The middle-aged woman replied.
"If you don't have the strength to be afraid of heaven and earth, how can you be a beard?" The old lady said as if talking to herself.
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Hideko Kono took Xiaobao out of the small western-style building, turned a corner and returned to Dazhi Street. Cross Jilin Street to the intersection of Dazhi Street and Longjiang Street.
"Walking down this street is Ningjiang Hutong. It's not far from here to where we came out. You have to remember. Hideko Kono said to Xiaobao.
Xiaobao is still holding that Russian loaf of bread. Remembering how to go was no problem for him. What a joke it would have been if the beard couldn't remember the way and got lost in the mountains.
However, Xiaobao still nodded at Hideko Kono.
The two of them walked along Longjiang Street, and after a while, they came to a larger western-style building than the one just now.
"Do all the people of Harbin live in small western-style buildings?" Xiaobao asked.
"In the future, you will have the opportunity to go outside the province and see the places where North Koreans live on both sides of the train line. Only a very small number of people in Harbin can live in such a house. Hideko Kono laughed.
"How much does it cost to buy a house like this?" Xiaobao asked boldly.
"What, you're going to buy one? It's not expensive, Manchukuo's money is enough for tens of thousands. Hideko Kono's smile became even more pronounced.
You don't know Lao Tzu's net worth yet, do you? Even if you buy a few seats, you can afford it. Xiaobao thought to himself.
"Half of the house is inhabited by a family of Russians. The other half of the separation belongs to you. After speaking, Hideko Kono took out the key to open the courtyard door, and opened the door again to signal Xiaobao to follow and walked in first.
"You come with me." Hideko Kono said as she walked.
She took Xiaobao directly to the second floor and pushed open the door. The large room is furnished with a large bed with copper pillars more than two meters wide. Crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling. The floor is carpeted. The windows are not made of papier-mΓ’chΓ©, but are inlaid with transparent glass.
Xiaobao's eyes were straight.
Hideko Kono twisted the brass handle on a small door again and pushed it open.
The small room has a large basin two meters long and a small table.
"In the future, you have to get used to using the toilet, this is the thing." Hideko Kono said, pointing to the small platform.
"You turn it up." She ordered Xiaobao.
Xiaobao opened the lid, and it turned out that the bottom was empty.
"It's too much effort to squat here or." Xiaobao said embarrassedly.