The tram stop is some distance from Wang's residence, and on the way there, you will pass by the university.

Speaking of which, he has been in this era for so long, and he has never taken a tram, and he has no memory of taking a tram in his mind, it seems that Wang Defu, the young master of the landlord's family, is not used to more crowded public transportation, and it can be seen that he is basically not short of money in hand.

In this era when automobiles were not yet commonplace, trams were like buses in later generations, and rickshaws were naturally equivalent to taxis.

In later generations, it was very convenient to call a taxi at the entrance of the university, and the same is true in this era, near Soochow University, where there are many rich students, there are many rickshaw drivers waiting to pull the car, and they even take the initiative to ask students if they want to take a ride.

Wang Defu originally wanted to take the tram, the price is cheap, and at the same time it is more humane, if there is no memory of the future, he may be able to take the rickshaw without any guilt, but with the memory of the future, he takes the rickshaw again, and there is clearly a feeling of treating people as livestock, which is not good.

However, at this moment, a young rickshaw driver appeared in his field of vision, the young man's clothes were just a shabby cotton jacket, wearing a black felt hat, the whole person looked extremely thin, he rubbed his hands and sighed, and shivered.

After Wang Defu saw it, he felt a little unbearable, he took Wang Mo'er and walked towards the young man, and when the young man saw them coming, it was as if he saw a beam of light, and the whole person's eyes became brighter.

"This young master, young lady, are you in the car?" The young man asked with hope, he was not speaking official dialect, but the local Wu dialect, which made Wang Defu a little kind.

"How old are you to come out and pull the cart?" Wang Defu asked casually.

The young man thought that Wang Defu saw that he had no hair on his mouth and was not doing things well, so he immediately patted his chest and responded: "I am sixteen this year, and I have been pulling the car for three years, young master, please rest assured, I am an old coachman." ”

Looking at this sixteen-year-old boy who calls himself an "old driver", Wang Defu shouldn't say anything for a while, he is only eighteen years old in this world, but he has already attended a private famous university, and he basically has no worries about food and clothing.

But as for this teenager, his family had no money for him to go to school, and he didn't even have the consciousness to let him go to school, so he had to come out to pull the cart at the age of thirteen......

Wang Defu really felt the real gap between the rich and the poor this time, is this the social status quo of the capitalist era before the red ghost appeared?

He remembered that in Britain during the period of the empire on which the sun never sets, the poor at the bottom also lived quite miserably, and it was not until the emergence of the Soviet Union that the power of the red ghost made those capitalists who had no bottom line restrain their eating appearance and improve their welfare, and it is ironic that many people at the bottom did not realize that this was the credit of the red ghost.

"You're so small, if I ride in your car again, I'm really sad." Wang Defu said in a sympathetic tone.

When the young man heard this, he immediately became anxious, he himself felt that it was natural to pull a car for people, and he had no idea of resisting the car dealership at all, and he was grateful to the car dealer for giving him a mouthful of food, so he didn't need other people's sympathy at all.

He hurriedly said: "Young master, I have no business for half a day, I am cold and hungry, you can take my car!" You're kind-hearted, but you can't make my stomach full, I'm young and pulling a car, and the police don't care, which means it's legal! ”

After Wang Defu heard this, he only felt that he could only help him by taking care of his business, and if he gave him money directly, wouldn't it hurt his self-esteem?

So Wang Defu and Wang Moer got into this rickshaw, and the young man's face finally showed a smile, in fact, he was a little cold, but he was not hungry at all, just said that, just to further stimulate Wang Defu's sympathy and let him take care of business.

When she was sitting in the car, Wang Mo'er whispered in Wang Defu's ear to expose the young man's lies, she was very indifferent to her just now, as if she didn't have any touch or pity for the young man who came out to pull the car at the age of sixteen, obviously, she also thought it was natural.

Wang Defu listened to Wang Moer's words, and his heart became more complicated.

"Less...... Brother, you are too kind, but with me by your side, you will never be deceived. Wang Mo'er said confidently.

The title of "brother" was asked by Wang Defu to change it, he didn't treat Wang Mo'er as a person, but really loved her as a sister, so he didn't want to hear her call "young master".

Wang Mo'er feels that although she is not very literate, she has much more social experience than Wang Defu, and her heart is extremely cold and hard-hearted, treating the people at the bottom like animals, they are born to work hard for the masters.

After arriving at the destination, the young man who pulled the car said that the fare cost 120 copper wen, which is about equivalent to 12 yuan in later generations, and the price is still relatively reasonable, 1 silver dollar can be exchanged for 1000 copper wen, so a copper plate is equal to a dime in later generations.

As a result, without waiting for Wang Defu to pay for it, Wang Moer stood up and unceremoniously exposed the young man's lies, and then directly bargained to 80 copper texts, of course the young man disagreed, and after some nonsense, the final fare was 100 copper texts, which could save 20 copper texts for the third young master, Wang Mo'er was very happy.

However, Wang Defu watched two teenagers and girls of the same age bargain for this, but fell into deep thought, the sixteen-year-old teenagers and girls in later generations may still be disgusted with learning this kind of thing at school, and their pain becomes ridiculous when compared with their peers in this era.

But what is really terrible is that the teenagers and girls of this era do not realize that this society is problematic, they are so numb, they have long been accustomed to being exploited, oppressed, and even grateful to the exploiters......

Wang Defu only felt that today's "old driver" boy might become his character in the future, and the other party impressed him enough, and he finally asked the other party's name, called Gao Xiang.

Wang Defu had a feeling of "everyone is drunk and I am sober" for a while, and he needs to awaken the people in this world who are numb through his works, which is one of the important meanings of the writer's existence in the world.

Wang Defu and Wang Moer finally came to the editorial office of "Gusu Evening News", and the front desk staff in charge of reception saw these two handsome men and women in bright clothes, and they were a little awe-inspired, and thought that they were the juniors of the leaders above, and immediately took them to meet the editor-in-chief.

This caught Wang Defu, who was thinking about how to speak, a little caught off guard, it turned out that now wherever he goes, he can brush his face.