Chapter 44 Transfer
Perhaps stimulated by the police coming to his house today, Old Man Chang opened up and became particularly talkative, telling Wang Deming a lot of things that he had never heard before.

"Speaking of the Japanese, the first time I dealt with them was the night when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing."

"I was still working in the palace at that time. When that old bitch Cixi ran away, we also ran away halfway. But who knew that these foreign devils had divided the capital into eight regions, eight countries divided into eight regions."

"Hey, you're talking about something weird. It just happens to correspond to the Eight Banners."

"Then which country's foreign devils occupied this place?"

"It's the little Japanese!"

"Hey, let me tell you, the Japanese have forced me into a dead end."

"Then you?"

"Ha, I was quick-witted and said a few words in a foreign language. It was dark at the time and they couldn't see clearly, so I fooled them."

"Oh, you are this, did you know foreign languages ​​at that time?"

"I don't know shit! Me. At that time, I was sworn brothers with Yaxuan (Rong Siye) and Rongkui (Ji Baye). Someone in their family studied foreign languages, and they would occasionally learn a few words from me for fun, and I would remember them."

"You have a really amazing brain. No wonder you kept talking to Master Rong about how you cheated the foreigners. You can learn foreign languages ​​very quickly."

"Haha, I don't know much. The key is to trick foreigners. By the way, where were we talking about? Oh, our area is occupied by the Japanese."

"Hey, the Japanese are really bad. They understand us better than other foreign devils. They went to the national treasury at the first time and took away 400 million taels of silver directly. Then during the blockade, young women in the family did not dare to go out, and if they went out, they had to rub soot on their faces and bodies."

".After this is over, many houses in our area will hang white sails."

"People in the Northeast are easy to deal with and they like to show respect. One year, Tang Yulin came to my house with a large group of horses. Hey, it was really impressive."

".After the Japanese occupied Beijing in 37, the streets were really miserable. The poor had to eat mixed flour made from various bran and peanut skins."

".Hey, at that time Fu Zuoyi directly brought all his troops into the city of Beiping. Fortunately, the Communist Party was powerful and did not let us suffer from the war."

Old Man Chang talked about the period before liberation in one breath, and then he smiled with relief and said, "I'm sorry to bother you to listen to me, an old man, talking to you tonight!"

"Deming, I've been through so much in my life!"

"Isn't today's thing a big deal?"

"I can't control them at home. Now let the government help them quit smoking. At least we can keep these two courtyards."

"We can also leave some assets for Renchun and Yichun."

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go to bed."

Wang Deming subconsciously glanced at his watch. Wow, it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. He had been listening with great interest for such a long time.

"Haha, Uncle Chang, I love listening to you talk about this. I didn't realize it's so late. You should go to bed as soon as possible."

"Tomorrow we will go to the bathhouse and have a good soak."

"Okay, I have to go and have some fun to get rid of the bad luck."

When he returned to Courtyard 81, the lights were still on in the main room of the west wing and his own south room. It was too late, and Wang Deming was afraid of waking up his sister, so he simply went to bed without washing up.

As the saying goes, the sun is shining on your butt. Wang Deming slept until after 10 o'clock in the morning.

Even after waking up, he was too lazy to get up until his godmother Wang Shuqin urged him to get up: "Deming, you haven't gotten up yet?"

"It's time to eat lunch." "Mom, I'm up!" Wang Deming crawled out of the bed with difficulty, found a gray coarse cloth to put on, and yawned loudly again. He couldn't get enough sleep.
Wang Deming was brushing his teeth with his mouth full of white foam, and he said to his godmother: "Mom, I have something to do outside, and then I will go to take a bath with Uncle Chang. Don't save any food for me and Uncle Chang at noon!"

"Okay, since we still have some meat left from yesterday, we can have a bite for lunch today."

At this time, Yan Baozhen came out from the north room of the west wing, "Deming, Miss Shouchun came yesterday and asked if we had finished making her cousin's pleated skirt?"

"I just finished the seam with Step Eighth Grandma (Wang Kui), please check it before you go out."

"No problem. I'll ask Stepmother to deliver it to Miss Shouchun."

At the end, Yan Baozhen asked casually, "Deming, what gift did Miss Shouchun give you yesterday?"

"Well, we have to thank them."

"It's really thoughtful!"

"She was talking about this when she left yesterday. She was worried that since mom and big sister weren't at home, there would be no one to do tailoring for us, so she went to introduce some to us."

"Tsk tsk. How come this girl is so considerate?"

Wang Deming was washing his face without saying anything. Yan Baozhen and Wang Shuqin looked at each other and laughed for some unknown reason.

Taking the pleated flared skirt folded on the sewing machine in his hand, Wang Deming shook it vigorously, and an exquisite and elegant satin skirt embroidered with lotus leaves unfolded like a flower.

The skirt is very fitted, with sleeves that only reach the middle of the forearm, which is 3/4 sleeves; the shoulder line is naturally smooth, connected to the slender waist; the skirt, which is inspired by the aristocratic women of the Middle Ages, is very wide, longer than the calf, and about 20 cm from the ground.
The style of this pleated skirt is actually the "Swing Skirt" umbrella skirt that became popular in Europe and the United States in the past two years. It was designed by DIOR of France.

When the photo of this skirt was first brought to him, Wang Deming was stunned. How could there still be people wearing this skirt in China at this time?

Isn't it still relevant even in the 21st century?
I carefully checked the skirt inside and out: the hems, the inner hems, and there wasn't even a single thread visible on the outside of the skirt.

You have to be careful, this skirt cost me 30 yuan
"Sister, no problem. You can ask step-grandmother to send it over." Wang Deming said to his sister while standing at the door, then turned around and went back to his room.

"Ok."

He carefully moved the camphorwood cabinet, lifted the square bricks, opened the iron box, and transferred all the large and small yellow croakers in the box into the canvas bag he usually carried when he returned home.

"Tear!"

Damn it, Wang Deming was secretly surprised, it was too heavy and it even tore the strap of his canvas backpack!

There are 296 large yellow croakers and 301 small yellow croakers in the box. The large yellow croaker weighs 312 grams, and the small yellow croaker weighs 31 grams, for a total of 101 kilograms.
Of course, according to the Bretton Woods system at the time, the dollar exchange rate was only worth 12 US dollars.

The US dollar at this time is really US dollars.
The box contained the most silver dollars, more than 5 in total, and most of them were dug out from one place, No. 23 Beiyanhe, which was the ancestral temple of the Northeast warlord Tang Yulin before liberation and the talent exchange service center of the Ministry of Health after liberation.

I don't know if it's because Tang Yulin is also a Manchu, but Old Man Chang actually swore brotherhood with Tang Yulin.
One dollar weighs 1 grams, and more than 26.6 dollars weighs more than 5 kilograms.
Forget it, I’ll just transfer the gold to my two rooms in Nanluoguxiang first.

Fortunately, while Wang Deming gains gratitude and recognition from others, he also receives certain feedback on physical attribute points (introduced in the previous article).

So carrying more than 100 kilograms in one hand was not a big deal, but... from the outside, you could see that the canvas bag contained a lot of strips and blocks of things.

Wang Deming rolled his eyes and put the canvas bag into the cabinet so that it could not be seen.

"Sister, I'm going to Nanluoguxiang. There are too many books in the house. I'm going to move some over there."

"Be back soon."

I didn't dare ride a bicycle for fear of damaging it, so I took a long step and arrived at No. 5 Nanluoguxiang in less than 95 minutes.

(End of this chapter)