"Meizi, look at this big house is beautiful, it's much better than the alley we live in! In the future, this will be our home, and when the time comes, I will take your parents and my parents over, and we will live a good life together. Yang Hui pulled a young girl with a delicate face and plain clothes next to him and said excitedly.

And the girl asked timidly: "Brother Hui, isn't this here, Boss Xu's villa?" ”

"Oh, that's all in the past, Xu Maoguang's old guy has been killed as an anti-Japanese element, and his family property has been stolen by the imperial army, and then Mr. Akita gave me this house." Yang Hui explained proudly.

"What about Mrs. Xu and Miss Xu? Isn't this their home? Meizi asked.

Yang Hui waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "Their home? Hmph, if it weren't for your brother Hui, I saw that the two of them were pitiful, and helped them plead in front of Mr. Akita, they would all have to be sent to Hai Nai's house in Hongkou, and they still want a house? It's so beautiful. ”

As soon as she heard the words "Hai Nai's family", Meizi couldn't help but shudder, because Hai Nai's house, located in the fair lane of Hongkou Fair Road, was the largest comfort station established by the Japanese army in Shanghai, and it was the nightmare and hell for all Shanghai girls, and it was said that the bodies of girls who were tortured to death were brought out from there every day. (During the Japanese occupation, there were at least 166 comfort stations like Hainaijia in Shanghai...... ）

After avoiding the topic of Hai Nai's family, Meizi asked again: "Brother Hui, now that Boss Xu's flour mill belongs to the Japanese, can they still recruit workers?" ”

Hearing this question, Yang Hui turned his head and looked Meizi up and down, and then asked in a cold voice, "Meizi, someone else asked you to ask me about this, right?" ”

Meizi nodded and replied, "Well, Hu Bo and Xiaofu have asked me to ask you, after all, it is too difficult to find a job in Shanghai now." ”

"What's so hard to find? Didn't they say before that thousands of new factories had opened in the concession, and veterans like them had to rush to get there? Yang Hui said in an unkind tone.

"Oh, there are many factories in the concession, but most of them are hoarding goods, and there are few serious producers and things, and even if there are, they are more willing to hire those who have fled than to hire old workers like Huber and them." Meizi complained.

In fact, Yang Hui knew very well what Meizi said, although because many wealthy people in Shanghai and surrounding cities poured into the concession, and a lot of new factories were opened, and now there are about 4,000 in total, but because the whole background is war, everyone does not know how long the isolated island of the concession can last, so the vast majority of businessmen do not dare to invest huge sums of money to develop industry, and even there is a phenomenon of "industry is not as good as business, business is not as good as hoarding, and hoarding is not as good as speculation", so that the number of workers in natural demand has been greatly reduced.

Even a small number of industrialists, such as the paper industry, wool spinning, dyes and other industries, would rather recruit refugees than recruit the original old workers in Shanghai, because the wages of the refugees are low, and they don't even want to be paid and fed, while the old workers in Shanghai still want to maintain the previous wage level, which is naturally difficult to find a job.

Although he understood this, Yang Hui still said angrily: "Why are people unwilling to hire them, it's not that the wages given by the suspects are low, do they think that the wages given by the Japanese can be high?" It's just a joke. ”

Meizi bowed her head a little embarrassed and said: "But, don't they think that the Japanese have you here, you have a good relationship with the Japanese, and when the time comes, you will intercede with them, you don't need to be high, as long as it can be about the same salary as before......

But before she could finish speaking, Yang Hui interrupted with a "phew": "Think of me at this time?" What did they think when they scolded me for being a traitor, a lackey, a traitor, and smashing the glass of my house? I'm embarrassed to ask me for help, it's good if I don't help the Japanese pit them! ”

"Brother Hui, how can you say that, after all, everyone is an old neighbor, if you can help, you can help, they also know that they were wrong before, so don't be unforgiving, hey, in fact, they couldn't ...... at the beginning."

"Ahh There's no way to get me into it? Why am I looking for Japanese people, so if others don't know, can they still not know? Am I just asking for their wages? Isn't it just that I can't get out of bed when I see Aunt Hu sick, so I'd rather not be ashamed to pull the Japanese flag? But what did they do to me afterwards? When everyone on the street scolded me for being a traitor, not only did not anyone stand up to help me speak, but they all avoided me one by one, as if they would become a traitor if they got closer to me. ”

"Brother Hui, I know that you are bitter in your heart, but after all, this is all in the past, you just let it pass, do you really watch Aunt Hu die of illness and Xiaofu's children starve to death?" Mei Zi comforted gently.

Just when the two were arguing, there was a knock on the door, Yang Hui leaned over to take a look, it turned out to be Akita Ichiro coming, so he said to Meizi: "Okay, Akita Ichiro is here, let's entertain him first and then talk about other things." ”

When Meizi heard that it was a Japanese coming, she immediately said unhappily: "I don't want to see this Japanese, you go and entertain him, I'll go through the back door." ”

Yang Hui grabbed her and said unhappily, "What are you kidding?" It's time for dinner, how can I entertain him alone? And didn't you just say that I asked Huber to intercede in front of the Japanese, and now that the Japanese are coming, you want to run? Then I don't care about that. ”

Being forced by Yang Hui like this, Meizi had to say helplessly: "I, I can't speak Japanese, how can I entertain him?" ”

"Ichiro Akita speaks better Chinese than you, besides, you don't really need to entertain him, you just cook a few dishes in the kitchen, and I'll accompany him when the time comes."

"W-Oh well."

After settling down the plums, Yang Hui opened the door and welcomed Akita Ichiro in, as soon as he entered the door, Akita Ichiro said while handing over the gift in his hand: "Today is Yang Sang's housewarming, I am here to celebrate, a small gift, not a tribute." ”

Yang Hui hurriedly thanked him: "Oh, Mr. Akita, you are so polite, you can come to me and you are already full of flowers, why do you still take gifts." ”

It's a pity that Yang Hui didn't know what happened next, otherwise he would never have let Akita Ichiro enter the door......

PS: Thank you Lao Wu 0951 for your continued support, and there are deacons who still add more!