Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

Xiaoxiao's great "feat" was still not hidden from his father. As soon as the two of them returned to the "Summer Palace", they saw Luo Yunze sitting on the sofa in the living room with a gloomy face.

Luo Xiazhi drove the little girl upstairs to stop talking, but she stubbornly started talking nonsense again.

Luo Yunze was trembling with anger, picked up the civilized stick and wanted to hit her, Luo Xiazhi stepped forward and hugged Xiaoxiao tightly, which prevented the stick from falling down.

"Brother, if you want to beat her, kill me first!"

Li Hua, who was smiling and crying, leaned tightly against Luo Xiazhi's arms, shivering.

"I can't control her anymore, if you want, you can control her!"

Luo Yunze, who has passed his forty years, is powerful in the mall, but he has nothing to do with this pair of sons and daughters.

"I take care of her, I take care of her for the rest of my life!"

Luo Xiazhi answered loudly with a smile in his arms.

"I don't want to see her until she leaves for Hong Kong..."

Luo Yunze let out a long sigh and left the summer palace.

Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, he was not a good father in the first place, so let the brothers and sisters go there by themselves...

According to Luo Yunze's idea, apart from a monthly living allowance of 100 yuan, Xiaoxiao will not receive any assistance in life, including Qiao Di and Aunt Lin will not follow her to Hong Kong.

Except for the winter and summer vacations every year, you can only go home during the holidays from Christmas to Spring Festival, and you can basically not leave the area where the school is located during the school day.

Although 100 silver dollars can cover the living expenses of an ordinary family of three for a year, Qiaodi and Aunt Lin still feel that their young lady has been greatly wronged.

Far from feeling panicked about leaving Luo Mansion, where she had grown up for [-] or [-] years, and rushing to a foreign land alone, the eldest lady may be very happy because she can leave this "feudal autocratic" family openly and above board.

She also comforted Qiaodi and the others in turn, saying that she could take care of herself and told them not to worry.

She is going to fight in a new "battlefield"!

Bai Fenghuang really couldn't stand it anymore, she knew Luo Yunze was going to teach this girl a big lesson this time.I heard from Xia Zhi that the girl's high school lived in the mountains, not to mention that she lived a life like an ascetic monk, and it was not the same thing as Shanghai's modern open church middle school.

The nuns in Hong Kong are not as gentle as those in Shanghai. There is no ready-made hot water in the dormitory, and students need to chop firewood to make a fire. There is not even a flush toilet on the mountain.For Xiaoxiao, the young lady who didn't even wash her own socks, it was like falling from heaven to hell.

Luo Yunze wanted this effect.

He firmly believed that his daughter would write a letter to ask for help after staying in Hong Kong for a month at most.At that time, he will put on a higher stance and ask Xiaoxia to bring her back, so that she can finish high school with peace of mind, go to any university to be gilded, and then she can get married.

Oh no, we can start arranging for her to recruit.

Not only Bai Fenghuang was worried, Luo Xiazhi was also worried about Xiaoxiao.I am worried that she will not be able to take care of herself at all by herself, and even the basic needs of life cannot be guaranteed.

For this reason, he decided to be a "villain" first.

Under Gu Hanlin's suggestion—before Xiaoxiao leaves Shanghai for Hong Kong, let her go to endure hardships first, so as to experience the difficulties of life in advance.

So half a month before Xiaoxiao left, no matter how unwilling she was, Luo Xiazhi sent her to the Charity School for Girls under the name of Baifenghuang to "experience life".

It is reasonable to say that it is the summer vacation time for the students, but for these orphans who take the school as their home, there is no winter and summer vacation. The school is their home and the only place they can shelter.

Although the school has been operating normally with the support of the Luo family and various rich people in Shanghai over the past few years, and the first batch and the second batch of older graduates have successfully graduated, this is a charity work-study school after all. , neither the living conditions nor the learning conditions can be compared with the aristocratic schools.

For example, now, while the school is on holiday, these girls who stay in school have to do various handicrafts to save tuition and living expenses for themselves.

Bai Fenghuang, the honorary principal, is also very conscientious. She will find a way to get some wives to give some sponsorship to the school, or some jobs that are more suitable for these children, such as pasting calico, backing, and pasting paper boxes.Older girls can also crochet, applique and even sweaters and embroidery for the factory.

During the summer vacation, the school staff all go home, so these girls still need to cook a big pot of rice by themselves, including taking care of a large vegetable field behind the school and some chickens and ducks they raise.

Tap water is too expensive, and the children in the school only use tap water at night, and they go to the well to fetch water for washing during the day.

Except that there is no prayer and chanting, it can be said that this place is a replica of half of the Hong Kong church girls' high school.Luo Xiazhi took Xiaoxiao to experience it first, which can be regarded as a vaccination for her in advance.

In addition, Xiaoxiao is also a big girl, and there are many areas that need to be taken care of physically and psychologically, neither he nor his elder brother can take care of them.For example, the upcoming menstrual period and the underwear problem that has already occurred...

He could only tell Bai Fenghuang about these things, and she, the "grandmother", would assist her.

Although the Nanyang Boys' High School where Gu Hanlin is located has not been affected by the current vigorous "Heaven~Breast Movement", as the deputy director of the Education Bureau, he still listened carefully to the opinions of the female students, and on the one hand, excitedly listened to the female students. Persuaded to go home, while also writing articles to support this women's movement.

——The foot binding of the old habit has harmed Chinese women for more than a thousand years.As the saying goes, "a pair of small feet, a jar of tears".Fortunately, in the late Qing Dynasty, people of insight rushed to call out to free the woman's feet, so that she would not endure inhuman pain.

However, the habit of binding the chest hurts the chest and lungs even more than binding the feet!Women are unable to breathe through the abdominal lungs, and many die due to tuberculosis. It also affects women's development and feeding healthy fetuses, which is really harmful!

I appeal to all women and their parents in the world to quickly change this bad habit and embrace a healthy new life!

As the owner of the fashion magazine "SMART" with a huge circulation, Luo Xiazhi published this article "On Women's Breast Binding Is More Harmful Than Foot Binding" written by "Qun Li" immediately, and Let the magazine's artist match the pictures - one side is a Western woman, wearing high heels, standing proudly and exquisitely; the other side is an Eastern woman in old-fashioned loose clothing, with bound feet and chest, and poor mobility. The comparison between the two is shocking.

After the article, it also published the latest products introduced by Shimai Women's Clothing Counter - women's prosthetic breast ~ breast ~ clothing and Chinese style improved women's underwear ~.

In the advertisement, the famous actress Ruan Lingyu is wearing a new-cut cheongsam, which is more fitted and exquisite than the wide cheongsam that was popular a few years ago, showing a woman's slim figure.

There is a large line of characters printed next to the photo - Chuan Yi ~ milk, you can be as beautiful as me!

Turning this page, a female model wearing a one-piece swimsuit and carrying a life buoy is playing in the sea. She has a proud figure and a confident expression. With the blue sky, white clouds and golden sandy beach behind her, she truly embodies the "beauty of curves" ""Natural beauty".

Below the painting is an advertisement for Shimai's sports department, which is also this month's swimwear, with a [-]% discount on the whole site, in order to compete with Sakura Department Store.

It is said that Sakura Department Store sold out all its inventory on the day of the swimsuit show, and Shimai Department Store could not be left behind.

There was a swimsuit reality show of Sakura Department Store in the front, and an "explosive level" article and pictures in "SMART" magazine later, and this summer suddenly became more and more lively.

The female students and female staff were encouraged to take practical actions—go to Shimai Department Store to buy new underwear and custom-fit cheongsam to support.

right!They still have to wear swimsuits, go swimming in the sea, go swimming in the reservoir, and earnestly practice the true meaning of naturalbreast!

For this reason, Shimai Department Store also specially arranged a new glass window. The wooden dummy in the middle of the window counter is wearing a new type of prosthetic breasts and a big red gauze scarf on the lower body.

There is a big-character poster on the window: In order to support the "Tian~Breast Action" of the women's circle in Shanghai, before the end of next month, if you come to Shimai to buy new-style women's underwear with the old-style breast wrap, you can enjoy the "old-for-new" discount price.Jian~□□Life begins here!

As soon as this ad came out, although there was no crowds of people in front of the window before, the sales of the inner~wardrobe and swimming~wardrobe increased steadily visible to the naked eye.

Young female students, female staff members, mothers with children, and even female customers who grandly brought their boyfriends to buy new-style underwear came in an endless stream.

The "Smelly Donghong" and the "Daoists" were furious, and they declared that this kind of morally corrupt movement was simply an evil act of "genocide and extermination", which was unsightly and taught people to be obscene~evil.It is a trick by foreigners to destroy our Chinese civilization.And the newspaper declared that Shimai Department Store, which supports this event, is simply a "slut~cave", even more obscene than Changsantangzi on Sima Road.

But this time, the old friend of Shimai Department Store "Guhan" did not stand with them. Instead, he supported the "group force" and praised Shimai's policy in the "Shenbao" to encourage more women to liberate their nature , Do not endure the harm of feudal forces.

The two forces are fighting each other, and the more heated the topic is, the faster the sales of Shimai's two counters will climb.There was even an old woman over sixty who brought a yellowed chest wrap to buy a new style of underwear—she heard the advertisement on the "Tianwaitian" radio, and she came to catch up with the trend!

On the day when the event ended, Shi Mai dragged several baskets of various corsets to the square in front of the door, and set them on fire.

A group of female students and reporters from the "female magazine" cheered and cheered around the bonfire.There were even crazy girls who twisted their original long braids and threw them into the fire. It is said that in the conservative north, women would be fined for cutting their hair short. They wanted to support the sisters in the north with their actions!

"How about it, Xiaoxiao, this effect is much better than you going to the street to distribute leaflets and go on strike?"

On the last day of underwear sale, Luo Xiazhi led Xiaoxiao, who was about to leave the next day, to Shimai Department Store. They watched the rising flames behind the crowd, Luo Xiazhi lowered his head and asked.

After half a month of hard life, Xiaoxiao is visibly thinner. Several of her slender fingers are wrapped in gauze, which was accidentally injured while she was working.

In the past half month, she experienced the first time in her life to draw water from the well platform, which made her whole body wet, and almost broke the precious water bucket in the school.

She squatted in front of the earthen stove and worked with a blowstick for a long time. She ate a stomach full of ashes but couldn't start the fire. She could only wash her face with cold water that night.

It was the first time in her life that she washed her own clothes. She cleaned up the only piece of soap in the dormitory all afternoon and before washing a pair of socks, she burst into tears immediately.

There are also many firsts, the first time I ate a big pot meal with others, the first time I slept with a dozen people in a big bed, the first time I knew that the fertilizer used to fertilize the vegetable field was picked from the toilet...

During the half month in the girls' charity school, she finally knew what the real "lower working people" were and the real "suffering in the world".This is a personal experience, not a general talk in a book.

After half a month, she finally understood that her extremely domineering father, the always busy third uncle, and the little grandma who always played cards shielded her from all the wind and rain in the world...

Even then, when she could finally sit down with the girls who were the same age, or even much younger than her, and have a heart-to-heart conversation while pasting cardboard boxes, the girls told her that this school seemed like heaven to them .

Here they have food and clothing, they can study, they don't have to wander around, they don't have to be beaten by their stepmothers and stepfathers, and they don't have to be molested by hooligans along the street...

Only then did she realize that the "hell" she thought was already the "heaven" in the eyes of the real poor.

Because she was leaving the next day, Luo Xiazhi took her back to the Summer Palace this afternoon.

Qiaodi changed her into the satin shirt, Scottish plaid kilt and white pantyhose that she usually wears, and replaced the big coarse cheongsam from the girls' school.

Sitting in front of the mirror, Aunt Lin braided her hair.This girl has not learned how to braid her own hair so far, and has been a crazy girl with disheveled hair for half a month.

In the middle of combing, Aunt Lin turned her back crying, "Miss will learn to take care of herself in the future, we are not around, what should I do..."

Xiaoxiao held a hairpin studded with a row of pearls and remained silent.

She didn't like this hairpin very much in the past, and thought white was not good-looking.Now she knew that the girls in the school had been pasting the cardboard boxes for a year, but they couldn't buy such a small hairpin that she despised.

And she actually said that her father and uncle were evil capitalists riding on the poor people.

Xiaoxiao was silent all day long, until Luo Xiazhi led him to the door of Shimai department store, she saw the newly decorated underwear window, and saw the baskets full of corsets After that, the eyes were touched.

She touched her shoulder straps with her hands - this was given to her by her grandmother two months ago, saying that it was a small vest modified according to the shape of underwear imported from abroad, suitable for a young girl like her age.

It turned out that in the past two months, Third Uncle had done so much.

He didn't go to the streets, didn't distribute leaflets, and didn't cry hysterically, but as long as he saw the number of cloth strips piled up in those baskets, he knew how many women he really awakened and let them use actions to change their lives .

"Uncle Three..."

She pulled Luo Xiazhi's arm and raised her head, "I was wrong, wasn't I?"

Luo Xiazhi bent down and squatted in front of her, just like when she was a little girl, stroking her glossy hair.

"Your heart is good, and your direction is not wrong. But your method is unacceptable. Or, it is not the most effective."

Xiaoxiao lowered her jaw slightly, looking at the orange flames reflected from her third uncle's glasses on the bridge of her nose, she asked hastily, "Then how can I find the most effective method? How can I do it like the third uncle? What about Uncle?"

"Study hard. Go to Hong Kong and study hard."

Luo Xiazhi took her slender palm and placed a kiss on the back of her hand, just like a gentleman in a foreign movie.

"My little princess, go to study, go to see the world, go to make friends, don't be trapped in the tower. All kinds of books will tell you the direction, and different languages ​​are the best crutches. At that time, it will not be me To answer how you should go, but to tell me what you would do..."

"Can I? Can I be as successful as you... and Dad?"

Xiaoxiao blushed and withdrew her hand, curtseying ladylikely.

"Of course you can do it. Your surname is Luo, and you are the eldest daughter of the third generation of the Luo family. We share the same blood. Of course you can do it."

Luo Xiazhi opened his arms and embraced his niece in name, sister in the sense of blood.

Xiaoxiao leaned her head on his shoulder and nodded firmly.

"Ok!"

The fires were extinguished, the crowd dispersed, and there was still a month to the end of summer.

I'm afraid Luo Muze never imagined that he opened the summer sales promotion for his Sakura Department Store, and how he combined it with women's sports by accident, which in disguise helped Luo Xiazhi's underwear sales and magazine sales...

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"I paid three times the price to get this magazine!"

Holding a bottle of glass drink, Liang Shaolong sat on the rattan chair, shaking the "SMART" magazine released last month.

Just because of this photo of a girl in a swim suit, this issue of the magazine was sold out in just a few days, and by the time it reached Liang Shaolong in Suzhou, the price had already doubled several times.

It is said that if you want to see this magazine in Peking, it may cost you three oceans. You must know that the price of this magazine is only [-] cents, isn't this a full tenfold increase?

"I don't think I will do weaving in the future. I might as well help you with your books. It's too profitable, absolutely huge profits."

Liang Shaolong shook his head and said.

"Hello? Stupid?"

Seeing that Luo Xiazhi didn't respond for a long time, he winked at Gu Hanlin, wondering what was going on.

"Miss Xiaoxiao went to Hong Kong by boat yesterday, and the third master is feeling uncomfortable now."

Gu Hanlin didn't answer, but Li Ye who was standing behind Luo Xiazhi did.

"Wow... are you willing to talk to me?"

Liang Shaolong was surprised and said meanly.

Li Ye rolled his eyes towards the sky - some people are just a sight to behold, any tenderness and dejection are nothing but farts in his eyes!

Gu Hanlin felt helpless watching the two of them bickering. He wondered how Liang Shaolong, who had always been invincible among women in the past ten years, was chasing after a girl... How could he be completely helpless if he changed his gender?

Holding the pearl card, Luo Xiazhi thought about the scene of returning to Luo Mansion from Shiliupu Pier yesterday.

Early in the morning, their whole family went to the riverside wharf to see off Xiaoxiao, even Luo Yunze, who had been claiming that he didn't want to see this disobedient girl again, also went.

When everyone bid farewell to Xiaoxiao who boarded the cruise ship, the little girl finally took off her wide sun hat, revealing her short hair underneath, which frightened everyone on the shore and forgot to speak for a while.I watched the cruise ship leave the pier in a daze, leaving only a long whistle and a white spray.

Luo Yunze felt that this girl wanted to make a show of herself before leaving, so she left the pier angrily, and went straight to work in the firm.

Luo Xiazhi returned to the Luo mansion with the crying pear blossom and the rainy Bai Fenghuang, Qiaodi and Aunt Lin. When he walked into Xiaoxiao's bedroom, he saw two pieces of hair that had been twisted by scissors on her desk. Complete braids, and this pearl hairpin.

It should be that after Aunt Lin combed her hair in the morning, she did it while everyone was going downstairs.

What does it mean?

Was it inspired by the female students in those squares yesterday?

Or...does she want to cut her hair and start a new life?

Rorschach was puzzled and unwilling to give up.

Xiaoxiao, little Xiaoxiao, lonely Xiaoxiao, is the warmest and softest place in this world for him.

Suddenly, he could understand his mother in "that" world, Ms. Wu.

She must have felt the same way when she left home for the first time and dragged her luggage to go to college.

"Then what, the child is going to study, and he will come back during the winter vacation."

Liang Shaolong had known Luo Xiazhi for so many years, and it was rare to see him in such a downcast state. He racked his brains to comfort him, "Besides, Hong Kong is not far away, don't you want to open a branch there? When the time comes, go and investigate, Why don't you just go and see her when you're on a business trip."

Hearing this, Luo Xiazhi raised his head and said seriously, "What you said makes sense. I decided to go there next month to see how the new construction site is going."

After the last inspection, Rorschach adopted part of the plan in Li Ye's report and chose to open the Hong Kong branch of Maxim department store on Nathan Road, which is crowded with people.

"You can go with me too."

He turned to Gu Hanlin and said.

"School just starts next month...Okay, no problem, I think I can apply to see the development of Guangzhou's education sector."

Looking at Luo Xiazhi squinting his eyes "viciously", like his elder brother Gu Xinglin, Gu Hanlin, who regards "fear of guilt as his beloved wife" as his life creed, said "follow the good".

"By the way, the first batch of 'new products' I mentioned before have arrived. I asked the housekeeper to freeze them in the refrigerator just now, and it's just right to drink them out now!"

Liang Shaolong clapped his hands, and Uncle Liu, the housekeeper of the Summer Palace, pushed a small dining cart into the living room.

He opened the ice bucket, and the aluminum ice bucket was emitting a cold air, and inside the ice bucket, there were several glass bottles inserted obliquely.

Uncle Liu took out the glass bottles one by one.

I saw brown, orange and transparent Dutch water in transparent glass bottles.The body of the bottle is slightly curved, and there is a glass bead on the mouth of the bottle.

Uncle Liu wiped the mouth of the bottle with a clean cloth, and then pushed three glass beads into the body of the bottle.

The marbles fell into the bottle full of air bubbles, making a small "sizzling" sound.

As a modern person, Luo Xiazhi should not be too familiar with this sound—this is the source of happiness in summer, a good friend of nerds and nerds—happy fat house water!

After pouring the water in the bottle into three whiskey glasses, Uncle Liu bowed gracefully to the crowd, and then pushed the cart away.It was as if he had opened not three bottles of soda, but three bottles of champagne.

Luo Xiazhi was still weakly lying on the sofa, but when he saw the quilt filled with soda and the bubbles rising inside, he couldn't wait to take one of the brown drinks and drank half of it in one go.

"Hurr... cool!"

He put down the cup, hiccupped happily, and exclaimed in a refreshed manner!

The world with Coca-Cola is indeed a better place!

We must know that "Coca-Cola" will not be introduced into China until many years later in history.The earliest name was scary. It was translated as "tadpoles chew wax". Those who didn't know it thought it was for frogs.

I went to Hong Kong with the Li family before, and saw that there was marbled Dutch water for foreigners. He tasted it curiously and found that it was aerated peppermint water!It turns out that there are already simple sodas in this era.

Because Hong Kong is located in the tropics, in addition to carbon dioxide and sugar water, soda drinks also add some ingredients such as mint and lemon to cool off the heat.

For this point, Rorschach has too much to say-add orange juice, it is orange soda, and lemon is added, it is lemon soda.

It's a pity that the secret recipe of Coca-Cola is kept secret, but he can definitely develop ebony soda. Also, he remembers that there seems to be angelica and clove in Laoshan Coke... After a few experiments, he can finally get a similar taste.

Liang Shaolong was also very interested in this novel taste. When he was in Foshan, he heard that a foreigner who ran a small soda factory was conscripted and wanted to go back to Europe to fight, so he bought its machines and crafts. Ship back to Suzhou.

No, after several months of tossing, the first batch of samples are finally released!

While the weather is still cold, you can still make a fortune selling it in Shanghai.

"What's the name of this thing? Summer Solstice Soda? Shaolong Soda? Hanlin Soda?"

Liang Shaolong also let out a long and comfortable belch, holding a glass bottle and uttering a string of uninspiring names.

"Let's call it - 'Smiley Coke'!"

Holding this glass bottle with a classic curvature, Rorschach wanted to call it "Coke" no matter what.

"Coke? Soda Coke? Where's the fun? Why is it called 'Coke'?"

Liang Shaolong looked at Gu Hanlin who was also confused.

"And didn't Xiaoxiao leave? Isn't she miserable? Where is she 'Coke'?"

Liang Shaolong sent out a triple soul strike.

"Shut up you!"

Luo Xiazhi couldn't bear it anymore and rolled his eyes at him, "It's called 'Coke'! It's the trump card of our 'Summer Promotion War'!"

The author has something to say: The women's underwear that was first introduced into our country in the early Republic of China was called "righteous milk", and it was also promoted by Ruan Lingyu and other film and television stars at the earliest.Many well-known literati masters have written articles to support this "Tian~Ru Movement", including Lu Xun, Hu Shi and others.

When Coca-Cola was first introduced to Shanghai, the name translation made people not want to drink hahaha.

Preview the next chapter "Promoting Coke"

Now that we have Coke, why don't we make bubble tea? After summer, it will be autumn~