The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

   "Brother, sir, said this table will be moved to the study."

   "It's a little heavy, come and help."

   "Oh, sir, take a rest, how can you do things like cleaning the table?"

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  In the middle of the new residence, the brothers of the Sun family and the servant Liu Wu are constantly busy, but Zhou Hexuan has nothing to do.

  Yes, Zhou Hexuan moved again, into a small western-style building facing the street in the French Concession.

  The ground floor has been rented out to be a roadside storefront. Zhou Hexuan rented five rooms upstairs, with kitchen, toilet and toilet, and even a telephone in the room. The monthly rent is 90 silver dollars, water and electricity bills are calculated separately, and by the way, an old mother is hired as a servant.

  The monthly rent of 90 silver dollars is quite a lot. Today, 1,000 yuan can buy a small courtyard house in Tianjin, which is not enough for Zhou Hexuan's rent for a year. He can only complain that the housing prices in the concession are too expensive.

   There are two main reasons why he is in a hurry to move:

   First, as the president of "Ta Kung Pao", Zhou Hexuan must avoid suspicion and cannot live in the young marshal's mansion. Otherwise, if this matter is exposed, people will say that "Ta Kung Pao" is Zhang Xueliang's microphone.

  The second is that Zhang Xueliang's wife, Yu Fengzhi, came from the northeast, and even the second wife, Gu Ruiyu, was kicked out of the house. Zhou Hexuan didn't want to interfere with the young marshal's family affairs.

   Not only Yu Fengzhi, but also the entire Zhang family moved to Tianjin.

  Zhang Zuolin bought eighteen houses in Tianjin for his family to live in at one go. At the same time, he bought the palace of Shuncheng County in Peiping as his office residence.

  The family moved to Beijing and Tianjin. It seems that Zhang Zuolin really does not plan to return to the Northeast. He wants to operate the Zhili area for a long time. His heart is clearly revealed, that is, he is plotting the whole of China, and he is not willing to be the emperor of the three eastern provinces.

   Later, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese. For China, it is really hard to say whether it is pros or cons. If he didn't die, he would never have changed his flag in the Northeast, but he was only thinking of entering the customs.

   Looking at the development strategy of Zhang Dashuai over the years, that is, if you have the strength, you will enter the border to fight for the world, and if you are defeated, you will return to the northeast to lick your wounds and prepare to continue fighting, endlessly! If someone was killed outside the customs, Zhang Zuolin's hometown would not be guaranteed, so he signed a contract of betraying the country and asked the Japanese to help him.

   To put it bluntly, it is a **** stick, and it is a very powerful **** stick. The Japanese were fooled by him over and over again, and then he couldn't bear it anymore, so he deliberately killed Zhang Zuolin.

   At this moment, the most unlucky ones are the old and young. Zhang Dashuai bought so many mansions at once, and he couldn't find any existing houses at all. So he aimed at the prince of the former Qing Dynasty, Baylor, and after a few greetings, the old and young were so frightened that they hurriedly moved to make room.

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   Zhou Hexuan's new residence.

The old mother Liu Wu, who was wearing an apron around her waist, put the freshly cooked food on the table and suggested, "Master, do you want to buy another maid to take care of the daily life? I am an old mother with thick hands and feet, and I can't do fine work. Son."

  The evil habit of privately owning slaves, although strictly prohibited by law, was not completely eradicated until the founding of New China. So Liu Wu said "buy" a maid, not "hire" a maid. Now that there are wars everywhere, and Chu Yupu's extortionate in the Zhili area, the people's lives are extremely difficult, and it is very easy to buy a maid.

   Zhou Hexuan is of course impossible to ************, he said: "No need, you usually do laundry, cook, and clean the room. I will do the rest myself."

   "Yes, sir!" Mr. Liu Wu retreated after the meal was served, hid in the kitchen and waited for the leftovers.

   These days, maids are not only of low status, but also paid very little.

  Zhou Hexuan hired Liu Wu, who was hired by an intermediary. His monthly salary was only 2 yuan, and he could buy about 40 catties of rice or 10 catties of pork. The only advantage is that you can eat leftovers with the host's family. There is no overhead on weekdays, and the money you earn can be used back to subsidize the family.

   "Sir, this place is nice and comfortable!" Sun Yonghao came out of his room and ran to the kitchen to wait with a smile.

   Zhou Hexuan rented five rooms, one for his bedroom, one for guest room, one for study, one for living and dining room, and one for the Sun brothers.

  The Sun brothers are now equivalent to Zhou Hexuan's bodyguards and valet. They take turns going to work every day. The free ones go to Li Jinglin's house to study kung fu. Occasionally, Zhou Hexuan will spend money to send them to the shooting range to practice guns.

  The two brothers are extremely satisfied with their current life. They don't worry about food and clothing, can afford money, and have time to learn martial arts and guns. It's like living in paradise.

   Zhou Hexuan sat alone at the dining table, feeling a little depressed. He walked to the kitchen and said, "What are you all doing here? Come and eat together!"

   Liu Wu hurriedly replied, "I dare not have dinner with the master."

  Sun Yonghao also smiled and said, "Whatever is left over will be done."

   "Eat if you tell me to eat," Zhou Hexuan said speechlessly, "Also, don't call me master in the future, you have to call me sir."

  The two of them came to the living room, but they still didn't want to share the table with Zhou Hexuan. Sun Yonghao put the dishes into the rice bowl, and went back to the room with the bowl to solve it by himself, while Liu Wushi took the rice bowl and went to the kitchen again, looking at Zhou Hexuan's eyes full of gratitude.

  Although I finished early in the morning, the concept of honor and inferiority for thousands of years is still engraved in the bones of the Chinese people.

   Take Sun Yonghao as an example. Last time Zhou Hexuan invited his brothers to a restaurant, they behaved very boldly, eating large pieces of meat and drinking in large bowls. But now the brothers are holding Zhou Hexuan's salary and living in Zhou Hexuan's house, and the relationship between the two has changed from friends in the rivers and lakes to master and servant, and some rules must be followed.

   Love it!

   Zhou Hexuan didn't bother to correct it, and ate alone at the empty table.

   About evening, Zhou Hexuan took Sun Yonghao out and told Liu Wu: "Mother Liu, I won't come back for dinner at night, you can get off work after cleaning the room."

   "Okay, sir... ah no, sir, walk slowly!" Liu Wu hurried to help open the door.

   There is a banquet at the Astor Hotel tonight. Zhang Xueliang invited prominent people from all over Tianjin to announce the establishment of the China Hope Education Foundation, and by the way, let these rich people vomit some blood and donate money.

  Li Shunde Hotel was founded in 1886, and the Germans upgraded it on the basis of the mud house hotel. In the beginning, there were only three floors, but it was expanded to four floors two years ago. It should be fully equipped with electric lights, telephones, fans and elevators.

  In the late Qing Dynasty, many treasonous treaties were signed here, and many big figures such as Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Shikai, Li Yuanhong, Cao Kun came to Tianjin, and they all chose to stay in this hotel.

   Zhou Hexuan took a rickshaw to the place quickly, and took the elevator upstairs under the guidance of the waiter.

   There were already many guests in the hall, and it was quite noisy. Not long after Zhou Hexuan entered, he saw Feng Yong waving at him: "Hexuan, come here, I'll introduce you to some friends!"