Chapter 47 Chapter Forty Seven

The stone road in Shicheng disappeared forever. After the spring of the next year, white ash slag created new streets and roads all over the city. On the new streets and new roads, Dongyang cars with ringing bells and three to five cars of different ages and new ones were running, sometimes loaded with bullets. Trucks dragging cannons rumbled past, bringing another scene to Shicheng that had never been seen before. Supervisor Wang, Jin Huiban and President Tang of the Chamber of Commerce all have cars. The newest car supervised by Wang was bought from Shanghai along with 300 Dongyang cars from "Dafa Yangche Co., Ltd."

The "Benz" that needed to be carried was sent to Jinhuiban, but Jinhuiban never carried it again. I don't know if it was because of the good road or because the car was repaired. "Shi Wengzhai Chronicles" therefore stated: "Supervisor Wang, a bloodthirsty butcher, has no merits to speak of in his life, but the construction of roads in Shicheng is commendable..." On the "commensurable" streets, amidst the bells and horns of foreign cars, there is still a lonely sedan chair floating proudly, from the west to the east of the city, and from the east to the west of the city, sometimes openly stopping at the supervisory office. Resting in the open space next to the mansion, it seems like a demonstration.

Wang Duban and Jin Huiban's subordinates turned a blind eye. Rumors spread among the people: This solitary sedan chair was licensed by the Superintendent Wang and the Jinhuiban. After passing it on, I couldn't help wondering: This grandma Bu Gu is no longer the 18-year-old Bu girl, she is already in her thirties, and her hair has become much grayer since the ban on sedan chairs was issued. Why did Wang Duban and Jin Huiban fall in love with her? Then he sighed: strange things, strange things... The lonely sedan chair has been floating for four years. Floating sadly. Floating stubbornly.Four years later, Commander-in-Chief Jiang's Northern Expeditionary Army came and defeated Supervisor Wang. The ban on sedan chairs was naturally lifted, and there were some sporadic sedan chairs on the smooth streets.

People thought that Grandma Bu Gu was going to make a comeback, but it was strange. Not only did Grandma Bu not put up the banner of "Wan Cheng Xing", she worked hard, and even the lonely sedan chair that people used to see disappeared. Naturally, Grandma Bu also disappeared, and no one could remember when Grandma Bu and the solitary sedan chair disappeared, and why. There was another round of rumors in Shicheng, and the rumors were full of nose and eyes. Some said that Grandma Bu went to the foreigner’s concession in Tianjin to look for Liu Zhenshou and her daughter Tianhong... Some said that Grandma Bu did not go to Liu Zhenshou, but waited for her son Tianci, and Tianci took her. Went to Nanjing... Some people said that Aunt Bu was waiting for an old friend, and eloped with that old friend, and went to Peiping... The rumors are not credible.

No one saw with their own eyes where Aunt Bu went. The years are long, and twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye. Twenty years later, on a winter day, Guanshi Zhao, who was "very well-versed" back then, said he saw it with his own eyes, on a tram in Shicheng. According to Guanshi Zhao's description, Aunt Bu's grandmother is already a little old woman, but she can still recognize her demeanor back then. She was very clean and neat, and she was dressed in an ordinary way, and she didn't wear the cloak she liked to wear back then. Aunt Bu supported a thin old man and got off at the Duxiangting teahouse stop.

Guanshi Zhao called "Grandma Bu", but Grandma Bu didn't answer. Zhao Guanshi wanted to get out of the car to chase after him, but the car had already driven away. Guanshi Zhao got off at the stop ahead, turned back and went to the Duxiangting teahouse to look for it again. Aunt Bu and the old man were gone... When Guanshi Zhao said this, a group of young men and women around him felt curious and asked: "Auntie Bu, grandma? What does this person do?" These people don't know Grandma Bu! Guanshi Zhao was in awe, and recalled the past: "This Grandma Bu Gu is not simple. She was the most famous person in our Shicheng back then. No man in the city can compare to her! Grandma Bu Gu was hired when she was eighteen years old. There are thousands of sedan chairs, which shocked the whole city. After many years, husband and father fought for the sedan chair and returned to Huangquan together. For a big event, a big funeral was held for the husband and father at the same time. It was so good. It was so grand. I haven’t seen it since then, and I’m afraid I’ll never see you again. Later, the Wang Duban issued a ban on sedan chairs, and Aunt Bu didn’t even pay attention. Please, order the whole city to petition. Petitioning to the warlords at that time was different from your petitioning to the Kuomintang today. The military and police only poured water on it, but the Wang Supervisor used a continuous gun to sweep it! Or the future generations would call him a butcher! Wang Supervisor’s continuous gun Looking over here, Grandma Bu is still sitting on the Duxiang Pavilion teahouse, eating dog meat buns and listening to people singing! Hey, Grandma Bu..."

Guanshi Zhao and the old people in Shicheng really remember Grandma Bu, the extraordinary stories about Grandma Bu who are different from ordinary people, and even the red and black cloaks that Grandma Bu often wears, and the special makeup on Grandma Bu. fragrance. Many old people in Shicheng said that no matter whether they are white or dark, as long as they close their eyes, they can see Aunt Bu floating over in a small sedan chair.The red cloak or black cloak behind Grandma Bu swelled in the wind, and the surrounding air exuded the fragrance of cosmetics that they would never forget...Grandma Bu and her stories have been melted into the history and air of Shicheng, and this Who can forget?