Han Da'er's waist was held against a hard object, and he was about to turn around and make trouble. When I turned my head, I saw two people standing behind me, one with a high nose and deep eyes, one with brown hair, white and red skin, and the other was slightly shorter, with black hair, and looked like a foreigner!

The brown-haired foreigner was holding a bottle of wine against his waist, and the other black-haired foreigner grinned, but said in a fluent Tianjin vernacular:

"I haven't seen you for many days, where have you been blind?"

After hearing this, Han Daring was not angry but happy, and scolded with a smile:

"Who do I say? It turned out to be you two! ”

Just when the belly burst was on the table, Han Dada'er thought of the two of them when he looked at the belly. He learned to drink from a young thief, and in the years when he was studying abroad, he made friends at school and met two good buddies of foreign classmates. He often drinks with these two foreign buddies.

One of these two students was Russian, and his family was originally descended from Russian nobles, and then after the October Revolution in Russia, their family went into exile in the northeast, and later came to Tianjin Wei and opened a tavern in the area of Xiaobailou. This person's name is "Peter Sergei Ulrich", Han Daring felt that his long list of names was too convoluting, at that time, the exiled Russians, because of the Caucasians, so Tianjin Wei was called Old White Russian, so Han Daring always called him "Old White".

This Lao Bai has been in Tianjin for a long time, although he can speak Chinese, but Tianjin dialect is average, but he remembers that Tianjin people call his uncle Uncle (掰掰), and this uncle is the old uncle. He has been in Tianjin for a long time, and he has not learned anything else, but he has learned the problems of being an elder with Tianjin people, and he always feels like he is called Lao Bai. He is happy to be a senior, but he doesn't like others to call him Peter, and prefers others to call him Lao Bai.

The other student was Jewish, named Ruben Perez, nicknamed Little Jew. He grew up in Tianjin with his family, in addition to his appearance as a foreigner, his mouth is an authentic Tianjin dialect, and he has to be startled by him if he doesn't know, thinking that it is a Tianjin Wei ghost who borrowed the corpse of a foreigner to resurrect his soul.

Every time Lao Bai took out two bottles of foreign wine from home, Han Dada'er took the two of them to Nanshi to eat water and burst their stomachs. This Russian vodka has a high degree, it is easier to get drunk than the pot in Tianjin, and the entrance is not as choking as the sorghum wine burning knife, so every time they eat a belly, they always have to bring a bottle of vodka.

After Han Dada'er graduated, there were fewer opportunities to meet Lao Bai and Xiao Jude.

At this moment, the two foreigners in front of him are Lao Bai and Xiao Jew, who have not been seen for a long time.

The little Jew said in a loud voice:

"Man! Come to two catties of loose orders, just put this table! ”

After speaking, he smiled and pulled over the two benches, and sat down with Han Daring on the left and right. These two foreigners often come to burst their stomachs, and the boss is not surprised. At that time, Tianjin Wei was a Chinese and foreign miscellaneous concession of the Nine Kingdoms, and there were really few foreigners who had not seen it, but foreigners spoke Tianjin dialect, and it was really rare, so the diners around were whispering and talking.

Some whispered:

"Okay! Foreigners also eat belly bursts? ”

Some whispered:

"Looks like a foreigner, but what does it taste like Tianjin?"

The little Jew looked back and grinned. In front of the people who were talking around, he deliberately accentuated the tooth sounds in Tianjin dialect:

"Don't be foolish! Where there is foreign silver (people), it seems to be (is) Tianjin guards! "Tianjin people call blind ghosts.

The little Jew's words made the diners around laugh! A bald man squirted wine on the old man on the other side. Everyone is no longer uncommon and strange, they all talk about the world and the world, and talk while eating.

Lao Bai put the bottle of foreign wine "vodka" in front of him and said:

"Drink! I saw you staring at your belly in a daze just now, and I knew that you must be hungry! ”

The little Jew took the bowl, poured a bowl by himself, and before the belly burst he ordered was on the table, he picked up the chopsticks, directly picked up Han Da'er's plate, opened his mouth to eat, and said while eating:

"No! My stomach is bulging, I'll eat first! ”

After a while, a pound of water had already been killed by the little Jew.

Han Daring picked up the bowl and took a big sip first, and felt that the wine tasted with a little aroma, as soon as the wine entered the intestines, it was like a line of fire, a hot and spicy straight through the chest and abdomen, and the limbs were indescribably refreshing! Bellowed:

"Enough! You have to have vodka to taste! ”

The belly burst of the little Jew was also served, and Han Dada'er and the old white little Jew chatted while eating.

Little Jew said:

"Hey! You're a police officer, tell us about some strange cases lately, and I like to hear about it! ”

Lao Bai dried the wine in the bowl and filled it for himself and Han Daring.

Han Da'er took a sip of wine and said:

"It's Halloween today, so wake up early ...... morning"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the little Jew interject:

"That's right! Today's Halloween, let's go to see the river lanterns at night......"

"You won't let me say it! You have to listen to ......"

Lao Bai said to Han Da'er:

"Don't dust him! You go on! ”

Han Da'er briefly talked about the case of the floating corpse in the Haihe River in the morning, and the little Jew listened attentively and asked again and again.

Han Daring said:

"Later, the corpse was taken away for an autopsy, and I have to go to the morgue in a while to see the autopsy report!"

Lao Bai suddenly remembered something, patted his thigh and said:

"That's right! You said autopsy, I suddenly remembered something, she is back! ”

Han Daring didn't realize who Lao Bai was talking about, so he subconsciously asked:

"Who? Who's back! ”

Little Jew said:

"What do you say! Xiaomei, Mei Ruohong! ”

As soon as Han Da'er was excited, he was not afraid of ghosts, so he touched this girl named Mei Ruohong. Gasp and puff straight teeth:

"Isn't she going to America?"

Little Jew said:

"We both met her when we came back last month, and she can ask about you!"

Han Da'er was tightened again.

Lao Bai Dao:

"She is now working as a laboratory technician at the Pasteur laboratory on rue Pasteur in the French Concession! When will we get together with our old classmates! ”

The little Jew dried the wine in the bowl and said:

"Look at his beating nature, does he dare to go, I don't understand, you are a dignified Han Daring, a man who is not afraid of ghosts and gods, why do you still touch a little girl!"

Lao Bai glared at the little Jew, but the little Jew didn't take it seriously, as if he hadn't seen it, and continued:

"Anyway, you are sorry for other people's little girls, other people's girls are not worthy of you, your two families are world friends, and you have been engaged to baby relatives, people are in a hurry to pursue you, you are good, refuse others in public, don't open face at all, you deserve to be a bachelor for the rest of your life!"

Han Daring didn't refute it, sighed, and asked for another pound of belly, avoiding this Mei Ruohong topic and not talking about it, and then chatting nonsense, in fact, Lao Bai usually doesn't talk much, but today he saw Han Dada'er happy, so he said a few more words. This little Jew is a talker, so he loves Zhou Yu as a poor Dudu, looking at the sauce he eats, and he is still chattering there.

The servants hadn't seen each other for a long time and had a good chat, and they left the belly stall at dusk. Lao Bai and Xiao Jude came by bicycle, and although the bicycle was expensive at that time, Han Dada'er couldn't afford it, but it was difficult to buy a few cars. The little Jew lent the bicycle to Han Da'er, and let Lao Bai ride the bicycle to carry him, and went to the Haihe River to see the river lanterns. Han Dada'er read the floating corpse case, pedaled leisurely, and went to the Xiguan Wai Epidemic Prevention Hospital.

In the old days, the drowned corpses were generally directly pulled down by Yizhuang and other relatives to claim them. But in the morning, the floating corpses of Haihe died strangely, so they were sent to the morgue of the epidemic prevention hospital outside Xiguan. This was originally a hospital in charge of epidemic prevention and control, Tianjin Wei has been rampant with floods since ancient times, and every flood must be followed by a major epidemic. Cholera alone occurred nine times from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the end of the Republic of China, and there were epidemics of pneumonia and malaria in the early Republic of China. At that time, the epidemic prevention hospital outside Xiguan could come in handy, it was sparsely populated, and it was much more convenient to treat or isolate. When there was no large-scale epidemic, it was at most a place to see infectious diseases, and it was not very useful, so the fourth sub-bureau of the police station requisitioned the morgue to temporarily store some corpses and evidence of unsolved cases.

Han Dada'er went to Xiangdezhai dim sum shop halfway and bought a box of dim sum. Old Beijing used to call the dim sum shop "glutinous shop", and the dim sum was called gluttony, because in the old days, the prisoners who were executed by Ling Chi were called "dim sum" with the knife that pierced the heart, so the dim sum shop was called Bo Bo Pu. That's true, but it was in old Beijing, and Tianjin Wei never called it that.

In the old days, Tianjin people loved to eat dim sum, especially Xiangdezhai, Guishunzhai, Siyuanxiang, Guifangzhai and other time-honored brands, as well as Daoxiangcun and Guanshengyuan, which sold southern pastries. During the New Year's holidays, people like to carry snacks as gifts to visit relatives and friends.

The predecessor of this Xiangde Zhai is a small workshop that sells Lantern Festival in Tianjin Weibei Gate, and later opened a pastry shop in Hubu Street during the Xianfeng period, named Xiangde Zhai.

Xiangdezhai's best dim sum is rose cake, which is filled with rose petals in April after the spring flowers bloom. The secret flower filling, accompanied by the fruit filling, is wrapped and baked with white flour puff pastry, and the pie crust is sprinkled with some petals after baking, and it is really soft in taste, the taste is sweet, the floral fragrance is overflowing, and the aftertaste is endless. The roses are made of rose cakes, and the vine roses are made of vine cakes, so at that time, Xiangdezhai purchased roses and vine flowers from Tianjin Shuixi Garden all the year round to make flower cakes.

At the right time, Han Dadaer bought a big bag of rose cakes, and bought some Liu Ji sauce beef, half a catty of cooking pot. Why did Han Daring go to the morgue with snacks? Of course it's not for the dead, he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but if he can believe this, he has other uses!

At that time, it was not like now, there were wide asphalt roads everywhere, and there were many potholes and dirt roads along the way, so it was dark, and he rode to Xiaoxiguan. When I turned around, I could still see the lights in the watchtower of the third prison not far away, and I turned left to reach the outside of Xiguan.

In the old days, there was only one car road outside Xiguan, and there were lonely graves on both sides, and there were few people during the day. As soon as it gets dark, there are no traces of people, the clouds and the moon are dark and the graves are barren, and there are a few fox hiss and insect chirps in the distance, which makes people feel terrible. But Han Daring was not afraid at all, at school, he bet with others that he was alone in this wilderness and slept with the grave for a night.

On weekdays, it was dark here, and he forgot to bring a water moon lantern when he went out, and there was no paper lamp sold nearby. Relying on the fact that today is the 15th Ghost Festival of July, there are many people outside Xiguan who burn paper to sweep, a few clusters in the east, a few piles in the west, and the stars are full of firelight. turned a corner, and it didn't take much effort, so I rode to the gate of the epidemic prevention hospital.

The epidemic prevention center only comes in handy when the epidemic breaks out, and there are not many people in normal times, only a few epidemic prevention workers work here. At this time, it was early to get home from work, and only the light on the first floor of the backyard was still on. Han Dada'er pushed the bicycle to the backyard, crooked it at the root of the back wall, carrying snacks, sauced beef and roast pot wine, and pushed the door into the first floor of the epidemic prevention hospital.

The small building of the epidemic prevention hospital is not big, and when you walk into the first floor, only a light bulb is lit at the end of the corridor, which makes it seem that the corridor is very dim. At this moment, there was a creak, and the door at the end of the corridor opened, and out of the door came a rickety figure, this man carried a water moon lantern in one hand, and a large glass jar in the other.

The jar seemed to be filled with water, and there was a black mass of something soaked in the water, which looked like a dumpling of hair cabbage from a distance. When the man approached, through the light of the corridor, Han Daring could see what kind of hair cabbage was in the glass jar, and it was actually a "human head" that had been blistered with water!