Chapter 5: Santa Anna

Knowing that Zhao Jingxiang went to work at the Santa Ana Ballroom, Wen Hao was a little worried, although the Santa Ana Ballroom was of a higher grade than the Lido Ballroom and had a higher income, but the people there were even more difficult to mess with, they were all some sanctimonious people, and it was not as good as the Lido Ballroom, although the grade was worse, most of the people here were company employees, government civil servants, and some small businessmen and small citizens of Shanghai, relatively speaking, they were relatively peaceful.

Hearing this dancer named Zhang Yulan say that her sister Zhao Jingxiang went to work at the Santa Ana Ballroom for their tuition fees and earn more money, Wen Hao thought that he was grateful for the sacrifice Zhao Jingxiang made for his brother who was not related by blood, and at the same time he was worried that Zhao Jingxiang was still a female student, and there was no way to deal with all kinds of people there in that complicated environment.

Hurriedly asked Zhang Yulan's dancer where the Santa Ana Ballroom was, and when she heard it, she knew that it was not far from the Lido Ballroom, and the high-grade ballroom on the Dance Floor Street was generally on the west side, and most of the low-grade ones were on the east side.

The Lido is to the east, while the Santa Ana Ballroom is to the west, not very far from the Lido. Wen Hao heard this and hurriedly said thank you to Zhang Yulan. Turn around and leave the Lido Ballroom and run towards the Santa Ana Ballroom.

Wen Hao was only three or four minutes away from the Lido Ballroom to the Santa Ana Ballroom, and when he came to the door of the Santa Ana Ballroom, there were many cars parked in front of the door, as well as taxis. Not far away, there are several rickshaws waiting for business to come to the door.

From time to time, cars are parked at the door to pick up and drop off people. The people who come in and out are more luxurious than the Lido Ballroom. Some of them brought a dance partner, and some did not. The men look so rich, and the women look so gorgeous.

Wen Hao saw these and thought that he had not crossed over, and he was still spending the night in a big city in the 21st century. At this time, Shanghai was not bad at all compared with the night life of later generations. Even stronger than in some places in later generations. Not to lose the big Shanghai in the 30s was a world-famous metropolis.

Wen Hao was anxious to go in to see if Sister Zhao Jingxiang was inside, so he walked inside, but he didn't expect that two Indian Ah San at the door blocked his way and didn't let him in.

It seems that this Santa Ana Ballroom is not a Lido Ballroom, and anyone can enter it at will.

Wen Hao wondered if she had the heart to break in, but there was no need to look at it, she was just working inside. Anyway, it will come out of the inside, so it is better to wait outside for Zhao Jingxiang to come out of work. It must be a public place inside.

Wen Hao looked at the two Indian Ah San, and reluctantly retreated to the door, looking for a place with a better line of sight, and Zhao Jingxiang saw it as soon as he came out. Then squatted on the ground and waited for Zhao Jingxiang to come out.

It's just a few hours to wait, but he used to be a killer, and patience is still good for Wen Hao. When it was close to 12 o'clock, I saw Zhao Jingxiang appear from the door of the dance hall.

Seeing Zhao Jingxiang come out, Wen Hao also walked towards Zhao Jingxiang, and then another man came out of the door and said something to Zhao Jingxiang.

Wen Hao called out to Zhao Jingxiang, "Sister......"

Zhao Jingxiang heard someone call her, she was turning her head to talk to the man, and she hurriedly turned her head to find who was calling her, the voice was so familiar, but she never thought that he would appear here, and she still didn't believe it. Follow the sound to look for the past. I saw the person I wanted to see, but I didn't expect him to be here.

Hurriedly said "goodbye" to the man and ran towards Wen Hao. I was very conflicted in my heart, hoping that my brother would care about me, but I didn't want my brother to come to this kind of place.

"Xiaohao, why did you come here, how do you know that I work here?" Zhao Jingxiang came up and grabbed Wen Hao's arm and asked.

"I went to the Lido Ballroom to look for you, but I couldn't find you, and I heard from a friend of yours that you are now here to work, so I came here to look for you. But the janitor here won't let me in, so I'll wait for you to come out at the door. Wen Hao told the truth.

"Why have you been waiting for me at the door until now? Why are you so stupid, my sister has nothing to do at work, you don't have to pick me up, you just have this heart. Still stupidly waiting for me to get off work.? Zhao Jingxiang found that this younger brother seemed to have grown up sensible, knew how to care about people, and loved people. couldn't help but hug Wen Hao into his arms.

Now it's summer in Shanghai, and Zhao Jingxiang wears a cheongsam with a brocade section. It's not very thick, Wen Hao was buried in Zhao Jingxiang's arms, and he felt Zhao Jingxiang's soft body. A strange thought arose in my heart. After all, he is not the original Wen Hao, the original Wen Hao is pure sister and brother love for Zhao Jingxiang, and this sister has to do her duty as a mother, so she loves and fears him.

But Wen Hao is not the same, he comes from the next generation, although Zhao Jingxiang is older than him in biological age, but Wen Hao II is much older than her, so he doesn't have that kind of pure sister and brother feelings, and he also treats Zhao Jingxiang as a woman, so he feels the woman's body fragrance in her arms, so there are some reactions.

Zhao Jingxiang also discovered some changes in Wen Hao's body, thinking that Wen Hao had grown up, and quietly pushed Wen Hao away.

"Let's go, let's go home together." Zhao Jingxiang put her hand in Wen Hao's arm. Although Zhao Jingxiang was a little tired from going to work and dancing with others, she was in a very good mood when she saw Wen Hao coming to pick her up, and the tiredness suddenly disappeared, and she was much more relaxed.

At this time, the man who was talking to Zhao Jingxiang just now walked over.

"Miss Zhao, is this your ......?" The man asked.

"This is my younger brother, and he was a little worried, so he came to the dance hall to look for me, but he didn't let me in, he just waited for me at the door." Zhao Jingxiang was not in a good mood, and introduced Wen Hao warmly to the man, and touched Wen Hao's head affectionately with her hand. That expression seemed to show off that I also had a brother who cared about me so much and came to pick me up from work so late. She looks like a happy little woman.

The man also heard Wen Hao calling his sister just now, but he still came over to ask, and seemed to be a little uneasy.

As soon as he heard that it was Zhao Jingxiang's younger brother, he said hello to Wen Hao, said goodbye, and left.

"Sister, what was that man just now? Isn't it soaking you. Wen Hao asked curiously and with some gossip.

"What is a bubble and what does a bubble mean?" Zhao Jingxiang didn't understand Wen Hao's words and asked.

"Bubble means chasing." Wen Hao then remembered that bubble is a word used by later generations, and now people still understand that this is the meaning, this is the generation gap, the gap between the times. Communication is still a bit difficult. Next time, pay attention to the words.

Zhao Jingxiang's face tightened when she heard this, and she glared and scolded, "You learned the mixed words from there, he is the dance hall class that introduced me to work here." Your little mind is full of messes. Zhao Jingxiang thought of his reaction when he hugged Wen Hao just now, and thought that Wen Hao had grown up. Thinking of this, his face turned red secretly, and he pinched Wen Hao's arm hard.

Wen Hao didn't expect to ask these questions that made Zhao Jingxiang think of what happened just now, and was pinched hard by Zhao Jingxiang, and couldn't help but scream without preparation.

Zhao Jingxiang heard Wen Hao screaming, thinking that he came to pick him up so late, she still pinched him so hard, and felt a little guilty in her heart, and hurriedly rubbed Wen Hao where she had pinched his arm just now.

"Sister dance hall also has a large class, isn't the big class done by women?" Wen Hao asked, he asked like this, because Wen Hao had watched the Hong Kong film "The Last Night of Jin Taipan", so he thought that the people who did the Taipan in the hall were generally women.

In fact, it is Wen Hao's uninformed idea, the dance hall class first appeared in the old Shanghai, and the Hong Kong dance hall was all learned from the old Shanghai, and the old Shanghai dance hall basically has a large class, especially some high-end dance halls, and the dancers generally do not appear to find dancers. Dancers generally don't come forward to fight dancers, and everything is matched by the Taipan. In order to have stable customers, Taipan also wanted to find some dancers under him, so after he took a fancy to Zhao Jingxiang, he pulled Zhao Jingxiang into the Santa Ana Ballroom.

Moreover, in the old Shanghai period, many dancehall classes were men doing classes, not women like Kim in the movie, so Wen Hao didn't understand the situation at that time to ask such ignorant words.

But Zhao Jingxiang didn't think about it so much, thinking that this younger brother didn't seem to know anything about the dance hall, whether she didn't know, she had no way to go to that kind of place, and she didn't want her brother to have anything to do with it.

However, when asked, he explained to Wen Hao, and after hearing it, Wen Hao knew what was going on, it turned out that the Taipan had risen in old Shanghai. Wen Hao was ashamed of his own loneliness, and he knew that he would go through and learn about history, otherwise he would say something that others couldn't understand, or what they said that he couldn't understand, and he would make a joke. And most of the dancehall classkeepers at that time were still men, and most of the famous halls in Shanghai at that time were held by men, not that the Jin classmate in the movie was a woman, but after watching the movie, it was generally women who gave Wen Hao an influence on the class.

Wen Hao knew that the man just now was a big class, and he didn't pay attention to it, he poached his sister to go to the Santa Ana Ballroom just so that he had more dancers, but his income would be high.

"Sister, you always go to work in the dance hall, it's not a thing, I'm worried that you are always a little unsafe there." Wen Hao still mentioned his worries to his sister.

Zhao Jingxiang was also worried about these when she first entered the dance hall to work, I don't know if Zhao Jingxiang was very careful in her own work, or if she was lucky, nothing happened that she was worried about. In addition, the income is not expensed, and the living expenses of myself and my younger brother and the tuition fees have been settled. So she wants to continue to do it, at least after she finds a stable job after graduating from college, she doesn't want to rely on this industry to earn money to support her family, otherwise the two sisters and brothers are now helpless, how will they live in the future?

"Xiao Hao, don't worry, my sister will be careful when she goes to work there, isn't there still a flower messenger who keeps picking me up, what else is there to worry about." Zhao Jingxiang said optimistically to Wen Hao.

Wen Hao thought to himself that being okay now does not mean that there will be nothing in the future, and it is useless to regret it if something happens.

"Sister, let's find another way to make money, it's okay not to do this." Wen Hao still said to Zhao Jingxiang.