Chapter VI: No Advance or Retreat
"Of course, although the language barrier restricts the management of the concession by the vast majority of foreigners, it does not mean that all foreigners cannot speak our Chinese. However, it is not enough to just speak our words in our country, and the difference in work habits between the East and the West is also a major factor that restricts the relationship between foreigners and concessions. Our Chinese people are subtle and tactful, and they often go around in a big circle and may not be able to hit the topic, but foreigners like to go straight to the point, and they don't understand the circles of our people at all. Sun Wei explained.
"Although what you said is good, I have also met a few foreigners who claim to be China experts, just like your boss Smith when he was a Class B Inspector, he knows no less about our country than our countrymen, but at that time you also said that he was a deaf ear ornament, why is this?" Wang Qian asked again.
"Ah Qian, you are on the point, I only talked about how foreigners are before, and I haven't said anything about our countrymen. Our Chinese people used to refer to themselves as **** countries, looking down on foreigners in Europe and the United States, thinking that they were wild people who drank blood and disdained to deal with them. However, since the two rappy wars, not only our Qing court was afraid of foreigners, but even our people were afraid of foreigners, so the Chinese people in the concession would not go to the foreigners unless they had to. Power is an addictive thing, and those Chinese patrols in the patrol house naturally do not hesitate to attack their colleagues in order to keep the rights in their hands, so I not only have to have a good relationship with those foreigners, but also have their own power in the concession, and those third-rate green skins are the best helpers. Sun Wei explained.
"You didn't tell me before that it was so dangerous to be a patrol, so let's stop doing it, let's sell suits in Dad's ready-to-wear shop and earn some stable money." Wang Qian said a little flustered.
"Hehe, Ah Qian, you're naΓ―ve to think about it." Sun Wei pinched Wang Qian's cheek with his hand and chuckled: "Before I entered the patrol room, I might be able to learn the craft of making suits with my father safely, but now I can't." β
"Why? If we don't do it, will the patrol room still force you to do it? Wang Qian said with a little resistance.
"Let's not talk about how many people I have offended in the past few years in the patrol room, they are afraid of this layer of skin on my body and dare not touch me, just say that the world praises the nature of high and low, and when I take off this layer of skin, there will definitely be many people from all walks of life and nine streams who will come to find me, the former Chinese inspector, so whether our father's ready-to-wear shop can be opened is still two words, where did I inherit it." Sun Weidao.
"Ah, how can this be?" Wang Qian said a little frightened.
"Ah Qian, this is the reality, I didn't tell you before that I was afraid that you would be scared, but what you did this time almost made me fall into a catastrophe!" Sun Wei frightened Wang Qian a little exaggeratedly: "Your acquiescence to the news that I am seriously injured and dying will not only make the hearts of those who follow me fluctuate, but also make those who peep at me ready to move, fortunately, I woke up in time and did not make too many mistakes, if I am in a coma for ten days and half a month, it is estimated that even the leaders of my subordinates will start to find a way back, and at that time, not only the people who are blocked by me will kill me, but even the subordinates who betrayed me will also kill me for fear of my revenge." β
"I'm sorry, Ah Wei, I didn't know it would be so serious, I'll tell you the news of your wake up tomorrow!" Wang Qian was really frightened this time, and said a little choked.
"It's not necessary, now at this time, Xie Xiaoshu has probably released the news that I woke up, to be honest, you have to thank her this time, if she hadn't been checking on my situation while you hadn't paid attention to it for the past two days, maybe I didn't know the news from the outside world, then our family would be in danger." Sun Wei said a little exaggeratedly.
"She's a fox, how can you speak for her!" Although Wang Qian was still dissatisfied with Xie Xiaoshu, her tone was not as tough as before, and then she continued: "Besides, she is not necessarily selfless in doing this, she is such a widow guarding such a large theater, if it weren't for your help, she would have been remembered by others, where would it be bigger and bigger like now." β
Wang Qian's words made Sun Wei vaguely understand Xie Xiaoshu's role in his body, which reminded him of the strange woman Lin Guisheng from Liuxiang on Flower Street in his contemporaries.
Lin Guisheng is Huang Jinrong's wife, although this life is not a flower and moon appearance, but the body is plump, coquettish, and has a graceful posture, what is even more rare is that this woman is shrewd, although her hair is long and her knowledge is not short, she is also clever and resourceful, and she is a female hero who has been convincing to a big man who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years.
Huang Jinrong is the inspector of the French Concession on the surface, but secretly he is a man in the green forest with many disciples and black and white, but he is limited by the restrictions of his identity, and some things are really inconvenient to come forward, so his wife Lin Guisheng became the head of the community.
Under her leadership, the Qing Gang smuggled arms, trafficked drugs and gambled, robbed and harbored stolen goods, trafficked in human beings, armed escorts, extorted and kidnapped tickets, and grabbed territory.
Sun Wei admires Lin Guisheng's ability from the bottom of his heart, it is said that Du Yuesheng, who will be one of the three giants of the Green Gang in the future, was taken care of by Lin Guisheng's insight and finally stood out, but in the old era of women's power, it was difficult for such a strong woman to have a good ending, and Lin Guisheng could not escape this doom even if he was powerful.
In order not to make Wang Qian more sad about his previous mistakes, Sun Wei quickly changed the topic and began to talk about some ordinary things in the family, which also gave Sun Wei a better understanding of his identity.
Sun Wei has actually been smart and agile since he was a child, but he was born in a big province for the college entrance examination, and the number of candidates in the province often reaches more than 800,000 a year, which is twice or even three times the number of people in ordinary provinces, and more than ten times the number of people in municipalities directly under the central government like Shanghai, and the opportunity to go to school can only be on par with ordinary provinces, far lower than those directly under the central government like Shanghai, so for the sake of the future, he can only pretend to be a nerd who ignores things outside the window and only reads the books of sages and sages.
The French biologist Lamarck once put forward in his "Philosophy of Animals" the idea that the organs of living organisms will become developed if they are used regularly, and they will gradually degenerate if they are not used regularly.
However, Wang Qian, as Sun Wei's wife in this world, naturally has a natural sense of closeness, and at the same time, she will have some intimate actions towards Sun Wei from time to time during the conversation, which reduces Sun Wei's strangeness to her, so as the conversation deepens, Sun Wei becomes more and more casual when facing Wang Qian, and the whimsical words of her previous life also come from her mouth, causing Wang Qian and Xiaolan to be incompatible.
"What are you talking about, I hear your laughter from outside." Just as Sun Wei used a joke to make Wang Qian and Xiaolan laugh again, the ward was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and then an older woman's voice came from outside the door.
"Madame, you're here." Xiaolan, who was sitting at the end of the bed, saw the appearance of the person who came first, and quickly stood up to greet the salute.
"Dad, mother!" Wang Qian also stood up and greeted her.
Although it was an older woman's voice before, the first one to come in was a middle-aged man in his forties, followed by a woman of a similar age and a little girl of three or four years old.
"Dad...... Ahem...... Daddy, you're here. Before Sun Wei's "parents" in his mouth was shouted, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and quickly coughed two sentences and changed it back.
"Hmm!" Wang Huairen only responded lightly when he heard this, and his face was also very serious, as if he was a big parent.
"Ah Wei, how are you feeling now, is there anything uncomfortable?" Compared with Wang Huairen's attitude, Mrs. Wang was much more enthusiastic, and as soon as she came in, she greeted Sun Wei on the hospital bed.
"Thank you for your concern, the doctor said that the wound healed very well, there was no infection, and it won't take long to be discharged." Sun Wei should admit it.
"That's good, don't do such a dangerous thing in the future, even if you please the leader, you have to distinguish the priority, the consul's daughter is not related to us, and she can't afford to lose our own lives for her, if you have three longs and two shorts, what should you do if you let Qianqian and Lingling, orphans and widows!" Mrs. Wang cried first as she spoke, obviously a catharsis of her previous fear.
"It's all grandmother's people, what kind of body is it to cry like this!" Wang Huairen saw Mrs. Wang's appearance and reprimanded.
"Dad, sit down, my mother is also worried about Ah Wei, don't worry about her when you are old." Wang Qian saw Wang Huairen reprimanding Mrs. Wang, so she quickly moved a chair to him to divert the topic, and then said to the little girl who was pulling her clothes: "Lingling, don't you miss Daddy, why don't you go over to meet Daddy!" β
"Oh!" Hearing this, Lingling timidly walked to Sun Wei's hospital bed and shouted a little fearfully: "Daddy! β