Chapter 5 Impressive (Happy May Day to Friends)
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The ancients said: "Shibei three-day bento should be impressed."
Five years is not a long time, nor is it a short time, but there are still many people who recognize Ah Fa, especially those neighbors who live close and far away. For Ah Fa, whose image has changed greatly, people naturally show a condensed and respectful form, usually nodding first, followed by talking: "Oh, Ah Fa, you are back!" ”
"I'm back."
"Rich, rich, you are ......"
"My brother works in a foreign company in the concession!" Xiaoxi hurriedly answered, her face was full of pride and pride, and she wore half-new clothes on her body, without the cringe she used to have.
"Oh, oh, that's good, that's good."
It was a mixture of fear, suspicion, envy, etc., Ah Fa didn't care, smiled and nodded, answered, and walked.
In this society, if you have no wealth or power, you will be pressed and stepped on. Needless to say, foreigners, even those ruffians and hooligans who catch fast officials want to embarrass you, and they can also pick you up a few layers of skin, even more ruthless than foreigners. Ah Fa's memory has the impression of a prisoner who was flailed in front of the yamen, and when he was messing around in the Red Sleeve Pavilion and outside, he also knew the faces of some officials who were in cahoots with local ruffians like Diao Wu. Therefore, in order to reduce trouble and harassment, he used foreign companies to talk about things and used foreigners as shields.
"Ahh The one who spoke was an old man, and behind him was a large tiled house, one of the best mansions in Tangqiao, and the old man was also the most famous squire in the town.
"Fortunately, Mrs. Zhao's spirit is still so good!" Ah Fa stopped, answered, and nodded and smiled with a middle-aged man beside Mrs. Zhao, saying hello to each other.
This middle-aged man's name is Zhao Fengsong, nicknamed Zhao Heizi, he is a relative of Mrs. Zhao and the head of the county. Don't look at him showing a polite greeting to Ah Fa, Ah Fa knows this guy's black heart. is obviously catching thieves and thieves, but secretly doing a lot of things for soldiers and thieves. Moreover, the official service is also an existence that the people at the bottom cannot be provoked. Therefore, these guys often bully others and extort money.
"Help foreigners do things, and don't forget that we are from the Great Qing Kingdom!" Mrs. Zhao doesn't like foreigners and things, and he also hates foreign religions and Ermaozi, but the old man didn't say anything deeply, nodded again, turned around and walked towards the gate, Erlan Tuanlong's satin robe was shining, and a white braid was swaying slightly.
"The Great Qing Kingdom? Hey. Zhao Fengsong suddenly approached Ah Fa and said in a low voice: "Even our queen mother and emperor are afraid of foreigners!" What's the matter, it's not difficult to do things for foreigners, right? ”
Ah Fa smiled faintly and said, "If you have a good memory, you just need to have a good tongue." After a pause, he mischievously said something in English.
Zhao Fengsong opened his mouth slightly, became an O-shape, and his eyes changed, it was awe, flattery, and fear......
"My brother works in a foreign company, and my brother can speak foreign language." Subsequently, Xiaoxi's pride and pride were the same.
Xiaoxi is innocent, and she has also seen many things in her experience of starving and struggling with her brother. For example, those who believe in foreign religions, some of them use a little foreign spirit to mediate lawsuits with relatives and friends; Some introduce buying houses and selling land to gain benefits; some buy some stolen goods that others dare not touch, such as small antiques, and then sell them to foreigners; Or on the orders of foreigners, go to the ancient temple to steal a small bronze Buddha or something, and get some reward......
Anyway, many people have made a fortune and benefited because they have been touched by foreigners, and now Ah Fa Ge is similar. No, Fa Ge is even more powerful than them, and even Zhao Heizi is straight in the eye when he speaks the bird language!
"Brother, Uncle Zhang is here." Xiaoxi shouted outside, Ah Fa temporarily stopped what he was doing, cleaned up, opened the door and walked out.
Uncle Zhang is a carpenter who used to make some money by working outside when Shanghai's real estate industry was just emerging. It's a pity that I accidentally fell from a high place, and I couldn't do heavy work if I didn't die, so I had to go back home, and my life was very hard.
"Ah Fa, this is a fortune." Uncle Zhang greeted him, his face wrinkled like old bark.
"What kind of fortune you make, it's just a little money from frugality." Ah Fa smiled, not polite, pointed to the broken doors and windows, and said, "Uncle Zhang, please give me a simple repair, this is really not decent." ”
He didn't mention the salary, but Uncle Zhang didn't say anything, nodded, put down the wooden box containing saws, axes, planers and other tools in his hand, removed the courtyard gate, and looked around for some large and small broken wood, and began to work.
Ah Fa turned around and wanted to go into the side house to continue his work, walked two steps and stopped, stretched out his hand to call Xiaoxi, took out a dollar to her, and instructed: "Go get a pound of wine, and buy a cooked duck." ”
"And where does it cost?" Xiaoxi looked at the money in his hand, and said with some hesitation: "There is rice and bacon at home, just buy some vegetables." ”
Ah Fa smiled and said, "Go ahead, leave Uncle Zhang for a meal at noon." Don't worry, my brother can make money. ”
"Don't be busy, your aunt is still waiting to go back to eat!" Uncle Zhang humbly conceded when he heard this.
"Then call my aunt and cook more food later. Well, buy another fish to make a soup. Ah Fa replied and patted Xiaoxi's head.
Back in the house, holding a piece of wood against the door, Ah Fa continued his work, which was to make a simple knock-off silencer.
The sound of the gun mainly comes from the chamber of the bullet, the speed of the sound, and the pressure of the air rushing out of the muzzle, causing shock vibrations to the air outside. Professional silencers usually use silencer bowls and sound-absorbing wire mesh, and in the absence of special tools, Ah Fa can only be simplified.
Now that you know the principle, there is a very simple way to silence it. For example, use a bottle of water, a pillow or a thick cloth, or even a potato or sweet potato on the muzzle of a gun. But this is not convenient to use, so Ah Fa bought two pairs of rubber shoes when he was hanging out, and made a rubber silencer that could be put on the gun.
At that time, there were no automobiles, but there were many products for rubber as a new material. Shanghainese people call rubber rubber, and there are rubber shoes worn directly on the feet, "galoshes" in a large circle of cloth shoes and leather shoe jackets, and rubber raincoats that can go out as usual on rainy days.
Boom, boom, the front sight of the spear is worn off on the stone; Squeak, squeak, the eraser is hinged out by scissors...... By the time it was done and Ah Fa had hidden his things and walked out, it was already noon, and the meal was almost done.
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