Chapter 4: Clothes and Chameleons
At the cost of giving the novel to the proprietress a look, Bao Guowei changed to a file bag and packed things up. The proprietress couldn't find the north when she saw it, and pointed to "the middle-aged soybean announced it indifferently", "there was a mocking commotion in the turbulent square of bean sprouts", and asked Bao Guowei how he came up with such a funny scene.
Bao Guowei loves to read Lu Xun's articles, and one of them is very impressive, which is roughly written like this:
"Living in Shanghai, it is better to wear fashionable clothes than to be rustic. If you are wearing old clothes, the bus will stop at your words, the park guards will check the entrance ticket very carefully, and the porter of the big house or big guest house will not allow you to go through the main entrance. Therefore, some people would rather live in a room and feed bed bugs, but a pair of pants in a dress must be pressed under the pillow every night, so that the creases on the legs of the trousers are angular. โ
If you want to mix well in the Republic of China, the most important thing is to have a good dress, and the errand is pleasant to see, otherwise it is easy to be dumped.
is like Bao Guowei in the movie who went to Guo Chun's house and was stopped, that's it. You have to let Guo Chun speak to enter, and she is very aggrieved!
If Bao Guowei wears a black suit, a black tie on a white lining, combs a big back, smears Scankang, kicks a pair of black leather shoes, holds a top hat and is polite, he looks like a gentleman. If you ask to go in again, then the old housekeeper dares to stop you? I'm afraid I'm going to nod and bow: "Please come in, please come in!" โ
I took great luck today and took a noble line, so naturally I don't need to save too much money, just spend it, and if I don't have money, I will go to Chu Ze to visit.
Bao Guowei turned around a few more clothing shops in the commercial street, asked questions, and learned about prices. I walked into a store called "Shuguo Clothing Store", and when I looked at it, I saw that there was a suit hanging almost clearly, and I could see at a glance that it was not an inferior suit made of coarse cloth.
As soon as Bao Guowei entered the door, the boss put down the newspaper and looked at him, looked up and down at Bao Guowei's somewhat old cotton clothes, and did not speak. Bao Guowei didn't care when he was stared at, these clothes were clearly marked with prices next to them.
"Eleven, five, eight, three, nine, twenty-four, eh! Palman made in England๏ผ Isn't this the British Parremont! No wonder it's so expensive. โ
At this time, the suit was not like that of later generations, reduced to the exclusive use of sales brothers, the price was high, even if it was not customized, just the mass-produced finished tops, the cheapest price was higher than the salary of the old bag.
Bao Guowei picked out a black suit of seven yuan and four, and a pure white thin shirt for two yuan, which can be lined or used as clothes alone, five yuan and three suit pants, and a pair of leather shoes for two yuan. The tie is cheap, half a dollar. The size looks like it fits well.
"Boss, Gui'an, I want this set, how much does it cost?"
The boss looked at Bao Guowei expressionlessly, but he didn't believe that he could afford it, but he still patiently calculated the price.
"It's, well, sixteen...... Seventeen pieces of two cents. โ
"Sixteen bucks, boss?"
"Hey! Little boy, I can't talk about the price, I'm just a shopkeeper, and I'll make up for it if I drop a dime for you. Besides, this price is clearly marked, the velvet material, not expensive, you can compare with other homes, or our price is the most sincere, isn't it? โ
The old man in the store has a tough attitude, and he doesn't say anything about this posture, and he doesn't give up a single copper.
Bao Guowei has already transferred a few stores, knowing that this is indeed not expensive, so he accepted the price, and the store saw Bao Guowei take out two silver tickets, his attitude has changed a lot, and he also sent a handbag of clothes. Bao Guowei also packed the document bag containing stationery.
Bao Guowei, who bought a suit, couldn't help but feel a little excited, in this era, a good dress is like a luxury car, and everyone has to look up wherever they go, and it can even be said that it is a necessary and insufficient condition to enter the upper class.
These tattered cotton clothes and rotten cloth shoes should have been taken off a long time ago, they are almost smelly! With a brisk pace, Bao Guowei rushed to his home, and spent eight cents to buy some steamed buns and soy milk on the side of the road to eat. When I got home, it was eight o'clock in the morning.
Bao Guowei arrived home and found that the door was hidden, Lao Bao thought that he was going to work in the Qin Mansion at this time, and he left a door for himself and was not afraid of thieves entering the house, at this time there was already a bank, and the money could be stored in the bank. Besides, with the appearance of the house, the thief shook his head when he saw it.
As soon as he opened the inner door, Bao Guowei saw a bowl of rice porridge and a whole plate of sausage scrambled eggs on the dining table, and Lao Bao still cooked for Bao Guowei. I thought that I drank a bowl of rice porridge and went to work in Qin's mansion, but I didn't move a bite of food, and I wanted to keep the delicious food for my son.
It's a pity that Bao Guowei has already eaten steamed buns and soy milk, so let's eat some after exercising, so that I won't lose my conscience and let Lao Bao Bai do it.
Bao Guowei walked into the back room, put the bag in his hand on the desk, and went home to do anaerobic exercise, which must be done every day in the future, morning and evening, thunder can not move.
The sun had already come out, the temperature was a little high, and after exercising, Bao Guowei was sweating a lot, and his cotton clothes were a little soaked. went back to the house to take a few mouthfuls of food, took a pair of clean, sun-dried black socks and put them into a bag containing a suit, and Bao Guowei went out again.
Target large bath! Bao Guowei couldn't wait to take a hot shower, get rid of the rough cotton clothes, put on a suit with the smell of ink, and then walked on the street, the wind blew, his hair fluttered in the wind, and the people on the street looked at his heroic figure in a beautiful suit......
Bao Guowei couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.
Gusu City is a treaty port, foreigners have invested in the construction of a lot of bathhouses, the city is everywhere, most of them are equipped with showers to shower hot water, and also sell some soap corner bath towels and other things.
I spent two cents in the hall to buy a ticket and a soap corner, rented a bath cloth, and took a small key.
I went in again and found an empty cabinet with a lock on the wardrobe, took off my suit and the clothes on my body and put it in, made sure it was locked, and then entered the men's bathroom.
Early in the morning, there were not many people in the bathhouse, there were two working back-rubbing masters sitting there, and a few guests, all floating in the hot tub, and the water seemed to have some cotton wool-like ash floating on it......
Often at night, the bathhouse will be crowded with people, and even take a bath has to queue up.
Bao Guowei walked to a shower, turned the switch, and the water gushed down from above. I tried the water temperature, it was quite hot, and after splashing it on my body to get used to it, I stood under the shower and rushed up.
When I look down, the little ones are cute!
In this era, there is no good shampoo and shower gel, and you can only wipe it everywhere with a piece of soap, especially for hair, you have to wipe it very carefully to remove the oil and dirt, otherwise you can't wash the hair oil, and the hair is not good looking when it is stuck together.
After washing for an hour, his body was almost bald, and his hair could make the sound of cleaning the glass when he brushed it, and Bao Guowei came out of the bathroom.
After wiping his body clean and opening the locker lock with a pious mood, Bao Guowei rubbed his hands, took out the suit, and carefully put it on from the inner lining.
I feel that the suit is a little bigger, but it fits well, and the body will be longer in the future. After wearing it, you can still see that there are obvious creases on the clothes, showing that it is a new dress.
Bao Guowei looked in the mirror.
The white face, the bridge of the nose is not bad, and the semi-wet hair seems to be smeared with Si Dangkang, which is a little fluffy. Even the bridge of the nose is not collapsed, and although the lower lip is a little big, it is still rosy, and you can't see anything wrong when you hook the corners of your mouth and smile.
What's wrong with the whole face? Especially under the backdrop of this black and white dress, how high is the aesthetic gold content of a black suit, black tie and white lining? Insurance brother authoritative certification, to the twenty-first century is not outdated things.
It's like a gentle and jade boy, which rich young master? (Picture)
Look at the pair of black leather shoes under your feet, as soon as you lift your feet and land on your feet, the hard soles make a clicking sound.
If Bao Guowei could only score six points before, now he can at least score eight points!
Kicking on his leather shoes, Bao Guowei picked up his clothes and pockets, and walked out proudly. At the corner, I happened to meet a short old man in a patched old cotton suit, with his head bowed and his back bent, he was a little short, maybe only one meter and his early sixties. He looked like he was only 1.4 meters old with his back bent. Bao Guowei's left hand accidentally threw it on the bridge of his nose.
The old man was beaten on the bridge of his nose, and he was a little annoyed, but when he raised his head and saw Bao Guowei's appearance, he suddenly had no complaints at all, and hurriedly avoided his body and let Bao Guowei pass first. His already rickety back was almost bent to ninety degrees by him, and he didn't dare to say a word with his head down, obviously he was hit on the neck, but he looked like he had hit someone else.
Bao Guowei just said "um" and left, but this sound frightened the old man's body, for fear that people would say that his clothes were soiled and he would lose money.
After a few steps, he came to the hall and handed over the key to the wardrobe to the little second-hand entertainer, and the little two put it away with a flattering smile, and did not forget to say:
"Son, you are good to go, welcome to the shop next time."
Bao Guowei clearly remembered that when he bought tickets and spent money on soap horns before, this little two was listless, and the tickets and soaphorns were thrown on the table for Bao Guowei to take by himself, but he didn't look at him much, and he didn't even bother to give a little expression.
The front and back are just clothes.