Chapter 58: In Search of Romeo

The two girls are the children of Lin Huiyin's aunt, the white scarf is called Wang Mengyu, and the double ponytail is called Zeng Yu'er, and Lin Huiyin, they are both students of Peihua Girls' High School, and they are also members of the Crescent Society.

Such a mysterious handsome guy turned out to be an acquaintance of his cousin, and the fast-talking Zeng Yu'er naturally wanted to break the casserole and ask to the end, but Lin Huiyin couldn't say why, and he couldn't even say the name of the coachman, only that he had a relationship in London, and he didn't have time to ask the name in detail.

Zeng Yu'er was very dissatisfied with this answer, but she couldn't help Lin Huiyin, at this time, someone happened to call Lin Huiyin to the past, Zeng Yu'er was angry and said: "My cousin has been like this since she was a child, and she has taken possession of all good things, especially men, and she is not allowed to touch them." ”

Wang Mengyu hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, my cousin is not such a person. ”

"It's not ......" Zeng Yu glanced at her angrily, but in the end, it was her cousin, and the Crescent Society was a public place, so it was not good to continue the topic.

Today's play in the club is Shakespeare's masterpiece "Romeo and Juliet", Zeng Yuer plays the role of Juliet, Romeo is a student of Beijing Normal University, he is quite handsome, but unfortunately he wears a pair of glasses, and he is a little thin, and his temperament is far from the taste of Romeo.

It's just that the actor has a little cold in the past few days, his nasal voice is very strong, he coughs at every turn, and after a scene, it was interrupted seven or eight times, and then Zeng Yu'er was anxious, and he got off the stage directly and said: "I won't act, unless I change people." ”

Everyone immediately panicked, there are more women and fewer men in the Crescent Society, and men who can perform dramas in English are even rarer, it is difficult to let female classmates come to play Romeo, as soon as this proposal came out, it was immediately opposed by Zeng Yuer, she said loudly: "Romeo should have the appearance of Romeo, he should be a handsome, tall, romantic, amorous beautiful man, not a nerd or feminine image." ”

The Crescent Society is a newly formed literary and artistic group, and its members are all knowledgeable young men and women in Beijing, full of ideas for new poetry and drama, and Zeng Yu'er's statement was immediately echoed by some of them, believing that it is disrespectful to Shakespeare's famous plays.

Wang Mengyu naturally knew Zeng Yu'er's thoughts, and immediately followed her words and said: "Then, since there is no suitable actor in our club, Yu'er, you can recommend one, don't be stingy if there is a suitable candidate." ”

Zeng Yu'er winked at her cousin: "There is one candidate, this person is very suitable for playing Romeo in terms of appearance and connotation, in fact, he can not only play Romeo, but also play Hamlet, play Othello, play any role, his temperament is quite outstanding, his English is pure and authentic, better than any of us speak." ”

As she spoke, she also looked provocatively at Xu Zhimo, one of the founders of the Crescent Moon Society, in the audience, although Xu Shishi had been in the UK for a while, his English was not very authentic.

Xu Zhimo didn't listen to her at all, and his heart was all on Lin Huiyin.

The members of the club were very interested when they heard what Zeng Yu'er said, and they said: "Don't sell it, hurry up and say who this person is?" ”

Zeng Yu'er spread his hands and said, "But I don't know his name." ”

There was an uproar in the audience.

"However, Lin Huiyin knows where he came from." Zeng Yu'er pointed at Lin Huiyin, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said in his heart, Didn't you hide it from me, see how you explain it in public.

Lin Huiyin smiled slightly: "I had a relationship with him in London, but there was no contact after that. ”

Zeng Yu'er was angry, and was about to speak, Lin Huiyin said again: "Actually, it's very simple to find this person, doesn't he have a number on his car?" ”

Everyone chimed in: "Yes, as long as you know the license plate number of the car, you will know which son's son it is when you go to the police department to check." ”

Lin Huiyin still had a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The person my cousin said didn't drive a car, but pulled a foreign car." ”

The audience suddenly exploded, but everyone is a literary and artistic youth, and they did not express their contempt for the identity of the foreign coachman, but just sighed that it was hidden in the city, and even a person who pulled a foreign car had such a talent, which shows that I am full of Chinese talents.

People who engage in literature and art usually do things tepidly, but when they encounter things in art, they all become acute, and the person described by Zeng Yu'er leaves everyone with a deep suspense, everyone is eager to see him, but where to find him?

It was Lin Huiyin who was the most careful, and wrote down the number on the carriage of his foreign car when Chen Zikun left.

A group of people immediately called the Rickshaw Management Section of the Police Department to find out the information, the people who could call this year are not mortals, the Police Department did not dare to slack off, and immediately began to investigate, but thousands of foreign cars in Beijing City could not be found out for a while, so they asked what the foreign cars looked like, and Lin Huiyin remembered clearly, saying that it was a purple carriage and a car with four calcium carbide lamps.

The policeman laughed and said, "I know, it's the car of the Ziguang Depot, and the depot is in the hair alley of Xuanwumen, and it is more convenient for you to go there to find it than to check it here." ”

So, the drama was not arranged, and everyone recommended three girls to find this ideal "Romeo".

……

The Hair Hutong Ziguang Depot is easy to find, Lin Huiyin and his two cousins came to the door and knocked lightly: "Is there anyone?" ”

Baoqing hurriedly came out, and when he saw three female students coming to the door, he was startled: "Yo, how many of you are?" ”

"Are we looking for someone, the driver of car 6798 here?" Lin Huiyin asked.

Xue Baoqing scratched his head, he remembered the number of each car in the car factory, 6798 was Wang Dongliang's car, could it be that these three female students came to find Wang Dongliang? Impossible, Wang Dongliang honestly handed over a cart, what can attract female students, suddenly his mind flashed, didn't Da Kunzi pull Wang Dongliang's car back just now, the eight adults were looking for him.

"Oh, I see, in the backyard, I'll take you there." Baoqing led the way in front and led them to the backyard, where he saw a man sitting in the corner with his upper body up, pouring a basin of cold water on his body.

The three girls were startled, taking a cold shower in this cold winter month, don't die, don't look at indecent things, they quickly turned their faces.

Baoqing was also frightened, and hurriedly said: "Da Kunzi, what are you doing, you are not afraid of catching a cold." ”

Chen Zikun turned his head and grinned: "I'm used to it, if I wasn't afraid of onlookers, I would still want to swim in the back sea." ”

Suddenly, I saw three girls standing at the door of the moon in the backyard with their backs to them, so they quickly wiped them indiscriminately, picked up their coats and put them on, walked over and asked, "Isn't this Miss Lin?" ”

The three girls turned their heads, Wang Mengyu and Zeng Yu'er were too shy to look up, but Lin Huiyin calmly looked at Chen Zikun and said with a smile: "I came to invite you to participate in the activities of the Crescent Society." ”

Chen Zikun's head exuded heat, and he showed a mouthful of white teeth and smiled: "What activity?" ”

"Play the play, play Romeo."

"Thank you, I can't act." Chen Zikun refused.

Zeng Yu'er was anxious: "If you don't try, how do you know that you can't act, don't waste your talent." ”

Wang Mengyu also followed: "Yes, we are all waiting for you." ”

Chen Zikun didn't buy it, in all fairness, he thought he was a good actor, when he was a horse thief, he often made up and investigated, and never missed, but this performance is by no means the same thing as his performance, standing on the stage and reciting a large number of lines in English, so he thinks that it is not called acting, it is called pretending.

Therefore, even if the three beauties came out, Chen Zikun did not buy it.

Seeing him so stubborn, Lin Huiyin smiled and said, "Then it's always okay not to let you act, there are some very famous people in the Crescent Society, such as Liang Qichao and Hu Shizhi, I think you should be interested in getting to know it." ”

Now when it comes to Chen Zikun's heart, Hu Shi will not mention it for the time being, Liang Qichao is a representative of the reform faction, and he was a figure with the same name as Kang Youwei and Tan Si in the former Qing Dynasty, and now he is a well-known person in the political and academic circles, and now he has this opportunity to get acquainted with Liang Qichao, how can he not go.

"Okay, I'll go." Chan immediately agreed.

I said that it was in vain, and my cousin would solve the problem with one sentence, Zeng Yu'er was a little displeased, but Chen Zikun was willing to participate in the poetry club, she was still quite happy, and asked: "By the way, I don't know what your name is?" ”

"My name is Chan Tsz Kun." Chen Zikun smiled and replied with a mouthful of crystal white teeth.

In these years, children from poor families have no conditions to brush their teeth, so most of the people at the bottom have more or less some dental diseases, either caries and tooth decay, or a mouthful of yellow teeth, can maintain such a good mouthful of teeth, which shows that this Chen Zikun is by no means a coolie, at least from a good family background.

Lin Huiyin was just about to speak, but Zeng Yu'er preemptively said: "Are you really pulling a foreign car?" ”

"Of course it is, in the eighth year of the Republic of China, I paid for Mr. Lin's house in the Ministry of Education, and I also met Miss Lin." Although Chen Zikun was answering Zeng Yu'er's question, his eyes were looking at Lin Huiyin.

Lin Huiyin suddenly remembered that he had indeed seen this person at his uncle's house in the back house of Shijuma Street, and this person looked very similar to a person named Julian, but he was not the same person.

"Yes, I've seen you, at Sister Wenjing's house." Lin Huiyin said.

"Does Miss Lin know where Lin Wenjing is now?" Chen Zikun's heart was suddenly pinched, for fear of hearing the news that Lin Wenjing was married and had children.

Lin Huiyin said: "After my uncle died, my sister followed my aunt back to her hometown in Fujian, and I heard that it was very unpleasant because of the division of family property, and then their mother and wife left Fujian, and there has been no news since then." ”

"That's right." Chan sighed.

Wang Mengyu and Zeng Yu'er heard their conversation, looked at each other and couldn't believe it, it turned out that this person was really a coachman, and he had also paid a monthly subscription at Lin Wenjing's house! How did he become a fluent and knowledgeable master of English after four years?