Chapter 28 The tenth round of joy

Tao Bosheng is also a person who moves in and out of society, especially during the seven years of the Anti-Japanese War, people in society have become completely selfish.As long as it is convenient for selfishness, you can deny your relatives.He carried a big leather bag and ran among such selfish people all day long. He couldn't see who was doing what?In the past two days, Mrs. Wei has been going through the house of Fan's house, which is no longer the attitude that a gambler should have.Looking at Fan Baohua's words and deeds, it is also very unusual. Comparing these two aspects, it will be clear.At this time, when Wei Duanben said that his wife had made a small fortune, he felt that his language was wrong.Ordinarily speaking, after hearing this, one should ask others a question, and the fact that someone raised the question deliberately also has the meaning of eliciting questions.If you don't ask questions, it is obvious that you are deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb.After several thoughts in his mind, he already knew how to answer this question, so he said with a smile: "This morning's daily newspaper must have a good market, who wouldn't want to hear the news of the price increase of gold?" .”

Wei Duanben said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true. There is no one who buys gold. What does he want to know about the price increase? To be honest, I was very unhappy when I saw the news. I can't make money from flat land, and I'm a little unconvinced. Especially during the Anti-Japanese War, we as civil servants worked so hard to support the country's political organization in the rear. Although we didn't go to the front to charge the front, we hid in the air-raid shelter , I can’t help but hold my briefcase, and I’ll do my best. Businessman..." He said it in one breath, and when he mentioned the word businessman, he felt that the problem had turned to Tao Bosheng himself. How can you scold people?Immediately changed the subject and smiled: "Actually, this is also incomprehensible. I hate the news of gold price increases, so why do I get up and read the newspapers? Meat, let’s talk about it happily. Dude is neatly dressed, he seems to have woken up early, is he also a butcher?"

Tao Bosheng said with a smile: "I really want to chew, but I don't want to go through the Tumen." Wei Duan didn't intend to ask him why he chewed, so he took the newspaper in his hand and walked into the room, saying to himself He said authentically: "A small guerrilla businessman like Tao Bosheng is so excited when he hears that the price of gold has risen, let alone a big businessman. No wonder he has a big meal when he wakes up in the morning." Mrs. Wei was sleeping on the bed, and when they were talking about the price of gold in the cold hotel, she woke up.Opening his eyes and seeing her husband come in with a newspaper, he sat up suddenly and said with a smile, "Has the gold really risen to 35,000?" Wei Duanben smiled and said, "That's right. Look at this, what should I do?" ?” He passed the newspaper to his wife with his right hand, and scratched his head repeatedly with his left hand.

Mrs. Wei found that piece of news, read it quickly, put on her clothes and got out of bed, and smiled at Mr. Wei: "You nerd, why are you still crazy here, you should hurry up and see your noble section chief, See what attitude he expresses? While he is still happy, what conditions do you want to negotiate with him, maybe he will be willing to accept it. This is called striking while the iron is hot, do you understand?" Pat him on the shoulder twice. Wei Duan thought so too, but after reading the news in the newspaper, he was the one who bought gold, so everyone should be happy.When the section chief was happy, it was easy to talk, so he rushed to wash his face with water.His wife seems to be more eager to get rich and seek opportunities than he is; he washes his face here, but she is beside him delivering soap and toothpaste, constantly serving.

Before Mr. Wei had finished washing his face, Mrs. Wei brought over a cup of freshly brewed tea.She was also afraid that the tea would be too hot, Mr. Wei drank it hot, poured another empty cup, and poured the tea back and forth, pouring the two cups back and forth more than ten times, poured the tea until it was warm, and handed it over. to the husband.He smiled and said, "Drink it. Drink it and leave. I'm still waiting for your good news." Then he handed the half-worn felt hat to him.Wei Duanben put on his hat, and his wife stuffed the purse into her hand.Although Wei Duan felt that his wife was a little urging, anyway, it must be a young woman who is impatient to get rich.He said to wait for the good news, then turned and went out.

But when he was about to leave the room, he looked back and saw his wife raised her arm to look at the watch, and then put the watch to her ear to listen.Now that I have some time-related things to do, I can't help going out with some strange feelings in my heart.Mrs. Wei didn't notice any surprise from her husband. The washbasin was placed on the chest of drawers. Before the water was poured out, she set up the mirror on the table, wiped a lot of soap on her face, then bowed her head and stretched out the water. Go to the basin to wash your face.This is quite the opposite of just dabbing your lips and eyes with a wet towel.She pressed the edge of the basin with her left hand, held the towel with water in her right hand, and wiped it on her face a dozen times.He also thought that the washing was clean enough, wrung out the towel, wiped off the water stains on his face, crumpled the towel into a ball, and threw it on the table.Immediately take out all the weapons she used to subdue men, such as creams, powder puffs, rouge, lipstick, etc., from the drawer and put them by the mirror.

Although I can't wait to step out of the door in one step, but I don't want to be hasty in this makeup. First, I spread the cream evenly on the face, and then gently smear the powder on the face, especially on the sides of the nose. This is where the powder is not easy to spread evenly. She calmly pressed it several times in front of the mirror.In the mirror, I could see that the powder was evenly spread, so I took the small rouge the size of a copper coin in the rouge box, swirled it on the cheeks and face, and slowly painted it.She has two lipsticks, one dark red and one light red. She hesitated to choose between the two lipsticks in front of her for a long time, and finally chose the dark red one, and applied it carefully and thickly on her lips. with.After smearing, use the middle finger of your right hand to gently paint evenly on the lips.Every time I work in front of the mirror, the red-white boundary between the lips and the face is very clear. The last time is to draw the eyebrows. I found the pencil used by the husband in the drawer and drew a dozen lines back and forth on the eyebrows. , Draw the tip of the eyebrow long.

After all the makeup is done, look in the mirror again. I still feel that there is something incomplete, pick up the wet towel on the table, wrap the middle finger around the edge of the towel, and wipe the double eyelids of the eyes. Remove powder stains.In this way, the double eyelids are extraordinarily distinct.After finishing the work on the face, I went to get the bottle of hair tonic. I didn't hesitate to sacrifice, and poured a palm full of oil in the palm of my left hand.Then put down the bottle, put the oil in the palms of both hands, and apply it to the hot hair, then bent down to face the mirror, took the comb, and combed the hair from head to tail.Especially the tail end of the perm, which is where the beauty is expressed. Comb it with your left hand and hold it with your right hand, making each dark cloud curl very fluffy and not messy.It took her thirty minutes to repair the hair, but she still felt that it was too hasty.

After returning all the heavy weapons that conquered men on the chest of drawers to the drawer, she picked up the mirror on the table to look at it twice, and she felt that time could not be delayed any longer.Immediately put on the long floral silk jacket hanging on the wall.This is something she regrets, no matter where she goes as a guest, with this dress, people who have seen three times will make her look less beautiful, but there is no way to do it, even if she has money, it is too late to do it temporarily.She hesitated for a while, put on her coat and purse, and looked in the mirror again.I put on the leather shoes first today, because I have this problem. I often go out in a hurry and forget to change the leather shoes. Sometimes I go out for a long time and come back to change the leather shoes. This time I intend to correct this mistake, so I put the leather shoes on first. on.

At this time, he walked out of the door and was about to hire a rickshaw, but he looked down and saw that his pair of leather shoes were covered with dust, and he went back to the house to tidy them up.In a hurry, she couldn't find anything to polish her shoes, so she picked up the wet towel on the table, washed the purple leather, and then emitted a burst of red light. Anxious, she hired a rickshaw and rushed to her destination.She got in the car, and raised the watch on her wrist twice to check the time. It was only ten minutes before the eight o'clock in her heart. She felt that there was no big problem, so she took out the little pink in her handbag. The mirror shines twice on the face.

When the car arrived at the gate of the destination, it was the Great Cantonese Restaurant.She paid the fare and walked into the canteen quickly, but when she reached the entrance of the canteen, she slowed down her pace.Her eyes were quick, and she swept across the teahouse.I have seen Fan Baohua and Tao Li sitting at the teahouse for a long time, eating and drinking.Just looking at the uncontrollable smile on Fan's face, he knew that he was very happy, but although she saw it, she didn't walk towards their seats.Deliberately bypassing some of the seats in the middle and walking towards the corner of the cafeteria. Seeing this, Fan Baohua suddenly stood up from his seat, holding chopsticks in his hand, waved his hands several times and said with a smile: "Please sit here." Mrs. Wei nodded to him twice, and still sat down on the seat.Seeing that she refused to come over, Fan Baohua could only sit down by himself, but his eyes were looking straight to this side.About ten minutes later, when she saw that there was only one person in her seat, she smiled and said, "Old Tao, go over and have a look. If she has breakfast for herself, please invite her to come and sit. You are her old neighbor, and you will be happy when you invite her." Here we come." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pushed Tao Bosheng twice. Tao Bosheng naturally felt a little inconvenient about this matter, but today's Boss Fan, who is already a family member with 700 taels of gold, walked towards Mrs. Wei's seat with a smile.Sure enough, he fulfilled his mission, so he was invited to come over with him.When Fan Baohua saw her coming, he got up to meet her.When she got to the seat, she didn't sit down, she leaned on the chair and stood still, because she smiled and said: "Let me be a little Dong." Fan Baohua said: "It doesn't matter who is the host, please sit down, isn't Mrs. Wei waiting for anyone?" She smiled and said: "I got up early today and went out to do some shopping. I passed by the door and came to have some breakfast." Tao Bosheng said : "Then you are even more impolite. I am willing to invite you, a distinguished guest, on Mr. Fan's behalf." Fan Baohua held the cigarette between three fingers, took a puff with his mouth pursed, and then puffed out the cigarette with a smile: "The next few words of yours, let me explain it for you, Mr. Fan bought gold and made a fortune. Haha!" Mrs. Wei still refused to sit down, and glanced at his face, and saw that his eyebrows were beaming, and the smoke he spewed out, like an arrow, shot straight in front of him, and even the smoke seemed to be full of energy.Yin laughed and said, "Isn't it! One tael of gold can make fifteen thousand yuan overnight, how much does it cost to earn a thousand taels of gold?" Fan Baohua stood up, nodded repeatedly and smiled: "Please sit down! What do you want to eat?" Then, he gently dragged the chair outside the table a few inches away, and said with a smile: "Just sit down and eat Anyway, I can't do without a treat." Mrs. Wei sat down slowly with a somewhat hesitant look.Tao Bosheng just poured a cup of tea and put it in front of her.Mrs. Wei bowed her body, and said with a smile: "Mr. Tao is also so polite." Tao Bosheng said with a smile: "Don't look down on me, I also plan to treat guests. Because I have made some money, right?" He said, He took a sip of a cigarette, struck a match in his mouth, and lit the cigarette.When he strikes a match, his fingers move very forcefully like a clockwork mechanism.Mrs. Wei pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing. Fan Baohua smiled and said: "Really, Lao Tao also made a few taels, and made a small profit. It's him..." As he said, he stretched out his hand and patted Li Buxiang's shoulder twice, and said with a smile: "It's good that he won't let this go. It’s a great opportunity.” Li Buxiang was really happy today, he raised his chopsticks in his right hand, held a big chicken bun, and held a cup of hot food in his left hand, drinking tea and eating snacks at the same time, the smile on his face was incredible. The occupant squeezed his muscles trembling, and was very happy, so he nodded slightly to him and said, "Then, Boss Li can also treat you." Li Buxiang was sucking the big chicken bun, and had no chance to speak. , rolled his eyes and looked at her, just smiled.After a few words with Tao and Li, Mrs. Wei had nothing to say, and picked up the two daily newspapers on the corner of the table to read. Mr. Fan repeatedly invited her to have snacks, but she only picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of water chestnut cake, bit her four front teeth, and swallowed.After eating the piece of water chestnut cake, he put down his chopsticks and picked up the newspaper to read again.Tao Bosheng took a peek at Mr. Fan's color, hesitantly, and immediately stood up and said, "I should go out and do some work this morning. How about Lao Li? Let's go for a walk." Li Buxiang said I was chewing something, took a piece of paper to wipe my chopsticks, wiped my mouth a few times, pressed my hands on the edge of the table, stood up slowly, and said with a smile: "Let's go? Okay, let's go." Mrs. Wei Without making a sound, he glanced at the two. Fan Baohua said: "You are going to get rich, I can't stop you. Please." When he said that, he didn't get up, raised his hand, and waved at them twice.Li Buxiang didn't understand what Tao Bosheng meant when he asked him to leave. Now that Fan Baohua also told him to leave, he figured there must be some reason for this, so he took off the hat hanging on the pillar, nodded to everyone, and smiled. Said: "I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" As he spoke, he just walked backwards.He didn't pay attention to the chair behind him, his legs got caught, and he lurched sideways, almost falling.Fortunately, there was a pillar next to it, and I stretched out my hand to support it, supporting my body.When Mrs. Wei saw it, she just pursed her lips and smiled, and immediately took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth. Fan Baohua said with a smile: "Go better, don't suffer from brain congestion. Earn a little money, eat a little, wear a little, enjoy yourself, don't take it for medicine." Li Buxiang smiled slightly with his fat face red Holding the hat, he made a few bows again and again, and rushed away.Tao Bosheng nodded to the two with a smile, and then walked away.Mrs. Wei didn't mind Li Buxiang's clumsy actions, but when she saw Tao Bosheng walking away with a smile, her heart moved.After they left, she picked up a cup of tea and sipped it slowly. Fan Baohua looked across from her, saw that her face was flushed today, and laughed in a low voice: "You probably know that I have made a small fortune." Mrs. Wei said: "Why is it a small fortune? It is a big fortune, right?" "Fan Baohua said: "I would also like to make a fortune. If I make a fortune, of course I want...and...and do you a big favor." When he said the last sentence, his voice was very low.Mrs. Wei didn't ask what he said next, but stretched out her hand and said to him, "Give me a cigarette." Fan Baohua brought the cigarette case to her, asked her to take one, then took the cigarette case back, took out the lighter, lit the flame, brought it to her, and lit the cigarette for her.He smiled and said, "Let me tell you the truth, indeed, I can earn more than 10 million this time. If I use it properly, not only will my life be easier now, but even if the country wins in the future, I will also be able to return to Jiangsu to settle down and start a business. There is no problem." Mrs. Wei leaned on the edge of the table with her elbows, held the cigarette between her fingers, put it in her lips, and slowly puffed it out. She turned her black eyes and smiled at him and said, "You There is indeed a way, these days is the world of the rich, no, since ancient times, only the rich have a way." Fan Baohua's words of emotion and admiration for her came suddenly, which is really inexplicable.Yin laughed and said, "Let's find a place to play, shall we? I have been nervous for three days and three nights for this business, and now the matter is finished. I have to take a good rest. I have a lot to say, I want to say Tell me, can you go all the way with me?" Mrs. Wei glanced at his face, smiled and said, "Do we have any questions to discuss? We need to find a special place to talk!" Fan Baohua took a cigarette and smoked it, and the cigarette was pressed to his lips. He pressed the lighter and was about to ignite, but he put the lid on the lighter again. At the same time, the cigarette was also taken off and placed horizontally on the table.His arm and the cigarette took a posture, with both hands crossed, placed flat on the edge of the table, his body half-folded on his arm, the light from his two eyes almost matching each other, and they all shot at the two discs in front of him. superior.He seemed to be thinking about something.After thinking like this for four or five minutes, he smiled at her and said, "There are many things we are quite right about. If you are willing to cooperate with me for a long time, I would like to talk to you about my future plans in detail." Mrs. Wei said lightly Smiling, she didn't speak, but she turned her eyes to Mr. Fan, which seemed to indicate a little contempt in this gesture. Fan Baohua laughed and said: "Miss Tian, ​​do you think I am talking nonsense?" Mrs. Wei picked up the teapot and poured tea into the cup, as if she was laughing out of joy in her heart, the teapot in her hand was poured out by her Some trembling.Putting down the teapot, she picked up the teacup, leaned on her lips, and sipped slowly. Her eyes shot from the rim of the teacup to Mr. Fan's face.On his face, two lines of words seemed to be engraved faintly: I have seven hundred taels of gold, and I have more than 20 million French currency.In the spring of the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, one had to be respected for a person with assets of more than 20 million yuan.Then he put down the cup and smiled at him: "Didn't I say that? A rich person always has a way. You are a rich man now. If you want to make a plan, you don't want to have what you want. How can you do it?" Is it nonsense? But your rich people’s demobilization plan, tell us people without money, wouldn’t that make me more embarrassed? I don’t want to talk to you.” Although Fan Baohua heard her refusal, he was still smiling when he saw her face, and said: "It takes a long time to see people's hearts, so let's talk about it in the future. But let me tell you some good news. There is a lively scene in the Luo family today. I have already been invited to participate, so you go too, okay?" Mrs. Wei said: "People who gamble will not refuse to participate when they hear there is a scene. But your event today is a celebration banquet. My surname is Wei. What are the qualifications to participate?" Fan Baohua said: "It's not necessarily a celebration, it's a little happy not to please some people. It doesn't matter if you want to participate, I will deposit a lot of capital with you." She looked at him with a smile and said: "You and I Paid capital? How much? I won, of course I can pay you back, what if I lose? " Fan Baohua laughed and said: "Isn't it easy to talk about our business? I will never lie to you. I will pay in cash first as a proof." As he spoke, he searched everywhere in his suit pocket and found eight stacks of banknotes, large and small. Except for the two small stacks left, the rest were squeezed and placed in front of Mrs. Wei, and said with a smile: "What do you think of this style?" Mrs. Wei really had nothing to say, and smiled happily. Fan Baohua said: "The Luo family probably prepared a lunch. We will go in the morning and return to Chongqing before dusk." Mrs. Wei said: "That will not work. There is no arrangement for family affairs. At this time, we have to cross the river. Then you have to sacrifice another whole day." Fan Baohua said with a smile: "Is this an excuse? In the past, when you went out to gamble, you didn't go home until midnight. At that time, why didn't you say that you sacrificed a whole day's work? What?" Mrs. Wei looked at him and smiled. Fan Baohua said: "You have nothing to say. Then, let's go across the river right away." As he spoke, he took out the money and settled the account.The six stacks of banknotes that he had put in front of Mrs. Wei seemed to be nothing, and he stood up and went to the pillar to take off his hat and put it on his head.Mrs. Wei still sat still, she still picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea into the cup, and shook her shoulders a few times with a smile. Fan Baohua walked away from the seat for a few steps, turned his body halfway, folded his arms around his chest, stretched out one foot obliquely, and looked at her.Mrs. Wei stood up slowly, as if very casually, took the stacks of banknotes on the table, and casually held them in her hands. Fan Baohua smiled and said: "Put it away. This is the first batch, and I hope you only want this first batch. If it's not enough, I can make up for you." Mrs. Wei laughed and said, "Why did you break me? I'm going to hang the gold seal." Using the name of the gold seal, she immediately opened her purse, stuffed several stacks of banknotes into it, and then walked out of the seat slowly. When Fan Baohua saw her coming, he stood still and let her go ahead.Wait for her to pass by, and then follow closely behind.After walking out of the gate of the restaurant, Mrs. Wei stood by the side of the road and looked around. Fan Baohua said: "Today, the two of us cooperate, and we may be able to win a big victory. Moreover, I am very familiar with the tempers of the generals present today. Taking advantage of the good luck in the past two days, let's have a Let's make the icing on the cake, okay?" Mrs. Wei pursed her lips and smiled, looking at him.Fan Baohua said: "Indeed, we can definitely get him a fortune from today's bet, don't go home, I'll hire you a car." She looked around the street again, because she said: "Don't hire a car , I'll go first and wait for you on the South Bank pier." Fan Baohua lifted his shoulders twice in liking, squinted his eyes and asked her with a smile: "Are you telling the truth?" Mrs. Wei curled her mouth and said in a low voice: "Didn't I let you control me now?" I want to lie, but I dare not lie to you!" Although she kept her voice low, the end of her words was very calm, as if she was very angry.After finishing speaking, she turned and left. Fan Baohua stood still, saw her path, and found that she was indeed heading for the boat dock, so he said to himself: "I control you? Gold controls you. If you have gold, I'm not afraid that you won't come with me. Gold, gold, I There is gold!"