Ah Sheng was the most honest of the guys Gao Yi had ever seen. When he first came to the door, the guy who received him was Ah Sheng. It's the same as going to the wine shop to sell wine, going to the restaurant to sell food, running to the tobacco paste shop to sell cigarettes, no matter how you say it, it's the rhythm of slapping the face, if you meet a clever guy, you would have picked up the feather duster and broom, but I don't want Ah Sheng to honestly run to invite the shopkeeper out, but it contributed to this business.

Probably because of this relationship, the shopkeeper Liao sent Ah Sheng out today, but Ah Sheng is really not a good chat partner, just said "Be careful, black" and led the way in front with one mind.

Across the alleyway is the storefront, but one room is wide and there are three rooms deep. It can be seen that this was originally a very upright façade house, but later most of it was cut off by the shop next door, and the rest of it was also changed to a different shape. The space is not large, but it is also separated by wooden walls along the beams, and the second half is placed in the style of a living room, where ordinary customers and shopkeepers are received. As for the front half, after putting a counter, there is no such thing as the lobby, and the guests can only stand under the eaves when they come more.

Out of the store and outside the door, in addition to Ah Sheng, the other two young men who stayed at the counter also came to see each other off, and the three of them nodded and bowed, but Gao Yi was embarrassed. He looked around, where was the rickshaw?

This situation is the first time Gao Yi has encountered it, although Huang Aliu, who helped him pull the car, is also silent, but he is not wooden, but has a deep temperament and is reliable, Gao Yi has also sat in his car a few times, and he feels that this person is more reliable before he will set a car to charter him, but he didn't expect that today's important occasion went wrong.

"Can you see the Toyo car parked here? Did the driver tell you where he was going? Gao Yi asked the two young men.

"The Oriental car has seen it, it was originally parked next to the store, and then Shun Changyuan next door came out to catch people, so it stopped diagonally, but I don't know when it went away," a young man shook his head and said, "It's possible to go to dinner, there are quite a lot of restaurants on Suzhou Road, and they are very affordable." ”

Gao Yi could only be speechless, someone came out to catch up with his customer's car, and he didn't know how to come out to help, no wonder he could only be a young man. Look at him, twenty years old, still working as an apprentice for two cents a month, you will know what's going on.

"The Toyo car seems to be heading that way." Only then did the other guy speak, pointing to the direction of Beijing Road at the other end of the street. Gao Yi glanced at him, this temperament is really stable enough.

"Well, there are more eateries there, some are expensive, and there are many affordable ones." The previous guy said, licking his lips as he spoke. I don't know if it's Guanghe Fengke's guys, and they don't let people eat enough for breakfast, or they happen to meet a foodie.

Gao Yi shook his head secretly, relying on the three in front of him, there was no hope. I don't know if please go in and sit down by yourself, and then help find someone, or help get a car.

It's just that in the current situation, it's not suitable to go in and wait by yourself, because a few guys will definitely report it to the shopkeeper to know. In this era, there are many rules, and the treatment of people is too polite, and the shopkeeper will definitely come out to greet himself after he knows, if he is idle, it doesn't matter, but at this time the other party must be busy, making a fuss for some trivial things, which is not a question of whether it is worth it, but it seems that he is not on the table.

To be honest, Gao Yi feels that dealing with people in this era is always awkward, language is one aspect, and the slow pace of life is another. Interpersonal communication likes to pay attention to formality, love to make trouble, not to mention inefficiency, but there is a lot of red tape, he has been bowing down for most of the year, and even his temperament has been worn out a lot.

Gao Yi waved his hand, letting the three treasures in front of him go back to where they should go, and he walked away as a car. As for whether he can find Huang Aliu, he doesn't think there is anything to worry about, three-legged toads are difficult to find, and there are many two-legged coachmen.

The inside of the square military bag is lined with a solid wooden frame to fix the shape, plus more than 30 catties of silver dollars, and when you walk, you can only describe it as a heavy fall in your heart.

The street where Gao Yi is now located is called Qingyuanli, which is sandwiched between the two famous prosperous roads of Jiangxi Road and Henan Road, connecting Beijing Road to the south and Suzhou Creek Baowen Wharf to the north.

At this time, Suzhou Creek was not a landscape river in later generations, but a busy traffic artery, from Shanghai to the Yangtze River Delta, the water transport would pass through here, and then spread along the canals extending in all directions. As for the Yangtze River through the Huangpu River - that is the route that the river ferry to Nanjing and Zhenjiang will take.

Therefore, Qingyuan is not a deserted alley, and there are many people and vehicles coming and going, but unfortunately almost all the vehicles passing by are unicycles.

Unicycles can carry both goods and people, and the price is low, in fact, it is the main mode of public transportation in Shanghai in this era. As long as the balance on both sides is mastered, its cargo capacity is far beyond people's imagination, Gao Yi often sees textile women commuting on the road, some unicycles can sit eight on one side, a car can seat a total of 16 female workers.

As for the rickshaw, it will probably have to wait another ten years for its prosperity, and it still uses iron-clad hardwood wheels, and the body is high, which is not comfortable to sit on. The reason why Gao Yi chose the rickshaw was entirely because he felt that the wheelbarrow was too cheap, and the carriage could not enter the small streets and alleys he needed to go.

Gao Yi walked all the way to the opposite side of the Meihua Bookstore, but Huang Aliu was still nowhere to be found, and he could only think that this guy was either going to eat or pull.

When I arrived at the Meihua Library, I was actually on Beijing Road, from here to the right is Henan Road, to the left is Jiangxi Road, and across the road there are Xingrenli and Tongheli. Gao Yi decided to wait for the bus at this intersection, but he couldn't call a rickshaw, so he planned to call a carriage home first, and then go out to do goods in the afternoon after contacting the new rickshaw.

Qingyuan to the west is Henan Road, along Henan Road to the south and then past an intersection is the North City Qianye Office of Tianjin Road. Therefore, between Jiangxi Road and Henan Road, and even Ningbo Road further west, there are a large number of money villages. Even in the alleys on both sides of these roads, there are many money villages, such as the Xingren lane opposite Gao Yi, which is crowded with 11 money houses.

It's about nine o'clock now, and it's the time for the money bank to deport the overnight loan. At this point in time, there will always be many people walking on the road carrying a yellow rattan fence on their shoulders, and the bucket is still painted with black letters, and if you look closely, they are the names of some money banks. These people who carry the fence are the so-called "stack divisions" of the money bank, commonly known as the "old secretary", who are in charge of sending money, sending tickets, running the bank, and making receipts. The inside of the bucket was full of silver dollars, sometimes large in number, and a special iron-framed thick wooden box was used, which required two people to carry it.

After Gao Yi came to this era, he always maintained a strong curiosity about these old secretaries. He had always wondered why no one had ever thought of fighting them. So whenever he saw the old secretaries, he would always pay attention to their surroundings to see if a masked thief would come out. As for the 600 oceans he was carrying, he didn't feel that there was anything to worry about, he had been to a lot of poor streets and alleys in the past six months, but except for petty theft, he had never encountered any violent incidents. Besides, he is probably the one with the least money on this street, and there is no old clerk who carries more money than him.

Gao Yi was looking at the old secretaries, and the old secretaries were also very interested in Gao Yi. It's rare for them to see anyone other than them or coolies carrying things on their shoulders - backpacks are not a popular element in this day and age - let alone the other way around. Looking at his suit and trousers, he doesn't seem to be Chinese, but he has black hair and black eyes - at least before Xinhai, even in the concession, there were few Chinese wearing Western clothes - and then looked at his face carefully, it was really different, with a high nose and deep eyes, and snow-white skin.

Just as his eyes were staggered, you and me, Gao Yi suddenly felt that someone was patted on the shoulder, he turned his head sideways, and there was no one beside him.

"Mr. Gao?" Then there was another voice behind him.

Just as he was about to turn his head to find the source of the sound, a sack slipped over from where he couldn't see.