The Mao girl in Zhou Hexuan's arms is about 20 years old, with delicate facial features, millet hair, at least 1.72 meters tall, and wearing high heels is about to catch up with Zhou Hexuan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What's your name?" Zhou Hexuan danced and chatted.

Mao Mei said: "Katerina." ”

Katerina means "pure" in Russian, and Zhou Hexuan smiled: "This name is very suitable for you, you must be a noble lady." ”

"I'm not a nobleman, I'm just an ordinary refugee." Katerina flatly denied it.

Zhou Hexuan was even more affirmed: "It seems that you are really a nobleman of Tsarist Russia, and the name Katerina should be a pseudonym, right?" ”

Katerina was silent, seemingly disgusted by the topic.

"White Russia" is not an abbreviation of "Belarus", but a general reference to Russian refugees who fled to China in the 20s.

After the October Revolution, a large number of Russian nobles and commoners fled to China, and China alone took in as many as 200,000 White Russians, and at least 30,000 in Shanghai.

Most of the Belarusian men chose to serve as soldiers, such as Zhang Zongchang and Sun Chuanfang, who had White Russian soldiers in their troops, and their salaries were even less than that of Chinese soldiers. This time, the armed uprising of the Shanghai workers led by our party encountered the White Russian armored troops at the South Railway Station.

White Russian women choose nightlife occupations, such as waitresses in restaurants and cafes, dancers in dance halls, and even prostitutes, and a few go to work as nude models for art school students.

Commoner White Russian women often pretended to be nobles in order to attract guests. The real aristocrats, on the other hand, hide their identities and say that they are commoners because they feel ashamed.

There are also many Jews in Shanghai, and the Jews are more grouped and help each other, so their lives are more nourishing. Belarus, on the other hand, was not united, and there were more than 30 small groups of Belarusians in Shanghai alone, which were fighting and hostile to each other.

The status of foreigners in the Republic of China is very high, except for Belarus and Russia. The best destination for a White Russian woman is to be taken care of by the rich. And if there are Chinese who marry a White Russian woman, it is also ashamed to say it, which is a very humiliating thing (and watch "Siege").

How so?

Because they don't have a homeland.

When the times are peaceful and prosperous, they may not feel the meaning of the country, and they scold the government and scold the officials. But if you really become a slave to the country, your end will be extremely miserable, and you will be discriminated against wherever you go.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly said in Russian: "Russia is a beautiful country, I have been there. ”

"You know Russian?" Katerina was surprised.

Zhou Hexuan said: "After staying for half a year, I also visited Tolstoy's former residence. ”

Katerina said wistfully: "Yes, Russia is a beautiful country, but unfortunately it has become hell now. ”

"Can you tell us about your story? I'm interested in that. Zhou Hexuan said.

Katerina smiled bitterly: "There is nothing to say, the Red Bandits rebelled, and our family followed Major General Stark to Shanghai." Forced to make a living, I can only earn money as a dancer. ”

"You were very young when you fled, weren't you?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"I was 14 years old [in 1922]," Katerina recalled, "and I remember that General Stark had more than 30 ships full of refugees to the port of Wonsan in North Korea. As a result, as soon as they entered Woody Bay, the flotilla was stopped by the Japanese. After many negotiations, Japan only allowed a few thousand old and weak people to go ashore, and all the rest of us were diverted to Shanghai. On the way, we were hit by a strong typhoon, and one of the boats was capsized by a huge wave, and my father died at that time. ”

"I'm sorry to bring up your sadness." Zhou Hexuan said.

"It's nothing, you're a guest, it's good not to think it's a disappointment," Katerina tore away from the conversation and continued, "After coming to Shanghai, the savings we brought with us quickly ran out. My mother had to work as a dancer, and I worked as a waitress in a café to earn a living. ”

Zhou Hexuan asked, "Then why did you come here to dance?" ”

Katerina said: "My mother was sick and I didn't earn much money as a maid, so I switched to being a dancer. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Very admirable. ”

Katerina smiled: "You are different from other Chinese, so they won't ask this." ”

"I'm just curious," Zhou said, "how much can you earn here?" Of course, you can not answer. ”

Katerina said: "The dance ticket is 20%, the drink is 30%, and if the guests invite to drink, the wine money will be 50%. If you include tips, you can earn about two or three yuan a night, and sometimes more. ”

Katerina only talked about the income from dancing and drinking, and didn't say anything about sleeping together, that's the big head.

Of course, it is also possible that she "sells her art but not her body".

"Leave me an address, I might need an ad girl in a while." Zhou Hexuan said.

Katerina smiled, "Of course. ”

After a dance dance, Katerina accompanied Zhou Hexuan back to her seat. Because she received Zhou Hexuan's dance ticket, she needs to dance three dances with her, and she has not completed the task yet. What's more, if Zhou Hexuan invites her to drink tea or wine, she can also get a commission from the drink.

"A cup of tea for this young lady!" Zhou Hexuan snapped his fingers and said.

Lu Xiaoman said with a smile: "It seems that Mingcheng is also a dancer. ”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said, "I don't come often, I'm a serious person." ”

"Hahahaha!"

The crowd laughed.

Wang Yachen pointed at Zhou Hexuan and joked: "This benevolent brother is ridiculing us for not being serious people!" ”

"Punish wine, punish wine!" The son-in-law named Chen Jingliang followed suit.

Zhou Hexuan asked Katerina: "Can you help me drink?" ”

"Yes." Katerina frowned and drank it all, looking at her like she didn't seem to like drinking, purely to make money.

"Alright, one cup is enough." Zhou Hexuan hurriedly said.

Everyone played until more than twelve o'clock in the morning before finally leaving.

Zhou Hexuan was very interested in Xu Beihong and asked him to meet another day. As for the purpose, it is nothing more than to get a few paintings of Xu Beihong, and it would be better if I could ask for another ink treasure.

On the way back, Lu Xiaoman drank a little too much and slept directly in the car.

Xu Zhimo asked: "Mingcheng, I heard Xiaoman say, you came to the south this time to do business?" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "I'm going to do a clothing business." ”

Xu Zhimo was quite disdainful of this: "You are a dignified university scholar, you don't write poetry and essays, what kind of business do you want to do?" It's not too bad to be covered with copper smell. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "I'm going to sell new underwear." Isn't there a celestial milk movement in the south? I also do business to support women's emancipation. But I don't have a lot of free energy, so I'm looking for someone to work with. ”

Xu Zhimo blurted out: "You can find my father to cooperate, he is now in Shanghai." ”

Zhou Hexuan inquired in detail and learned that Xu Zhimo's father, Xu Shenru, was an old friend of Zhang Jian, and was deeply influenced by Zhang Jian's idea of "saving the country through industry".

The Xu family has been in business for generations, selling soy sauce in the early years, and later opening a money bank, investing in silk cloth firms, electric light companies, telephone companies, silk factories and thermal power plants, and is a well-known and wealthy person in Zhejiang.

I grass!

Zhou Hexuan thought that the Xu family was just a small businessman, but he didn't expect that they were already playing with thermal power plants, a local tyrant.

Xu Zhimo is really an infatuated seed, in order to marry Lu Xiaoman, he would rather not be a rich son, and work hard to make money to support his wife.

Zhou Hexuan of the power plant is not interested, he takes a fancy to the Xu family's silk and satin business and silk factory, which are all raw materials for underwear. If you can cooperate with the Xu family, at least the supply of raw materials will not be a problem.