There are still more than two months to go before the Spring Festival, and Nanjing people have begun to prepare for the festival.

Sausages, cured meats, marinated fish......

Domestic prices are stable, everyone has a few small dollars in their pockets, who doesn't want to have a rich and comfortable year?

As soon as Meng Shaoyuan went out, he already felt that the flavor of the New Year had quietly entered Nanjing.

The current New Year is much more lively than the New Year in his time.

How did Meng Shaoyuan celebrate the New Year in his own time?

The family got together for a big meal, chatted with each other during the meal, played with their mobile phones, and shook hands with each other after the meal: "Hahaha, thank you, thank you, I will invite you to eat on the second day of the new year." ”

Each goes back to his own house, and each finds his own mother.

At most, it's the elders who give a New Year's money or something.

When I arrived at home, the older ones watched the Spring Festival Gala, and every year I was waiting for the famous actor of "I want to die to you" to appear.

Young?

Either play games or go clubbing.

On the first day of the new year, I slept until dawn.

It's called no year's flavor.

But in this day and age, it's a different story.

There are still 60 days to go, and the strong smell of the New Year has appeared in the streets and alleys.

There was a stall on the side of the road, and an old man in his sixties, with a handsome demeanor and a pair of black-rimmed glasses, was selling words there.

At this time, in fact, the main thing is to sell Spring Festival couplets.

You know, in another month, the price of Spring Festival couplets will rise.

Most of the Spring Festival couplets in Meng Shaoyuan's era were machine-printed, and there were many "so-and-so banks" in the payment.

The content of the Spring Festival couplets is nothing more than auspicious words such as "Ping'an and An's backgammon, Shunshun is good for the year".

can take a look at what the Spring Festival couplets of the Republic of China in the thirties are written:

"The riverside welcomes the grass, and the wind on the water surface gathers the flowers."

"The willow eyes are soothing in the grassland, and the peach cheeks are in the blue sky."

"The green poplar is in the shade, and the red apricot branches are about to fly."

This artistic conception is completely different.

In that font, what is Zhongzheng, Jinshi, and Libian......

Whatever you like, you'll be given what you like.

As for the price?

How much are you willing to give, how much you give, and the old gentleman should thank you for giving his hand. Give less, the old gentleman smiled slightly, not caring.

If it happens that it is inconvenient in your pocket today and you forget to bring the money, the old gentleman waved his hand and asked you to take it back first, and then give it back when you have the fate.

Meng Shaoyuan looked interesting, and also begged the old gentleman for a couplet.

The old gentleman groaned slightly, and with a wave:

"The hibiscus night moon opens the mirror, and the willow spring breeze embraces the drawing."

Meng Shaoyuan didn't know what was good, anyway, he just thought it was good.

The words are good, and the meaning is good.

When I touched it in my pocket, there was always about 20 yuan, and I gave it all to the old gentleman.

There are also those who are generous, but it is still rare for a guy to pay more than 20 yuan.

The old gentleman was slightly stunned, but that's all, he still just arched his hand, neither humble nor arrogant.

On the edge of the Spring Festival couplet stall, there was a stall selling tofu flowers, and Meng Shao originally asked for a bowl.

This tofu flower is very different from the tofu brain in the north.

Make tofu with soybeans, add special soy sauce, then seaweed, shrimp skin, minced mustard, sprinkle a handful of chopped green onions, stir well, and eat a bowl of hot tofu on a cold day, I don't know how beautiful it is.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! The Xi'an rebels have made major concessions, and the chairman is about to return! ”

Well, it's already the morning of the 24th, and it's been two days since the end of the Double 12 Incident and the chairman came back.

In this incident, there are many losers and few winners.

And there is no doubt that Meng Shaoyuan and Dai Li are among the winners.

"Here's a report."

After eating the tofu flower, Meng Shaoyuan paid the money, bought a newspaper, held it in his hand, and walked slowly to the second place.

As soon as I entered, my nose sniffed, what smell?

"Hey, who's this?" Meng Shaoyuan shouted.

Good guys, in the yard, there are actually strings of sausages hanging, and there are a lot of marinated meat and fish.

Co-authored this as a vegetable market?

"Mine." Feng Xiaocai, chief of the General Affairs Section, passed by: "What's the matter, Xiao Meng?" Ah, it's not all mine, it's someone else's. Wait two days, and those two strings of sausages will go back. It's not blowing, in the entire Nanjing City, the sausages poured by my old Feng family are among the best. ”

"Ahh Meng Shaoyuan was a little confused: "What if Director Dai comes back and sees ......"

"Hey, that's what Director Dai allowed before." Feng Xiaocai was not worried at all: "In the past, we didn't dare, before the Chinese New Year, who didn't prepare some New Year's goods at home?" But some people's places are small, and they don't have each other's exposure. Put it outside, you have to go to work, you are afraid of being stolen. No, there was a 'sausage robbery' the year before last, which caused a storm in the city......

Director Dai knew about it, at that time, he was still in Chicken, Duck and Goose Lane, so he said, our yard is big, let everyone pickle New Year's goods, and take them directly to the unit to get them. Who would dare to break into us and steal something, wouldn't they? When this order was given, the local spies cheered. ”

Cheng, how can you say that Dai Li has the means?

This seems to be a trivial matter, and it doesn't look elegant, but Dai Li's order is equivalent to solving many problems in the life of spies.

When you are a leader, you don't necessarily have to be kind to you, and you can only be grateful to you by constantly promoting and rewarding you, and sometimes a small thing can be exchanged for the loyalty of the other party.

Meng Shaoyuan was interested, but it was still what Feng Xiao said just now: "Section Chief Feng, what is the 'sausage robbery'?" ”

"Want to know?"

"Yes."

"There is still half an hour before the meeting, Xiao Meng, move a stool for me, make hot tea, wait for cigarettes, and Section Chief Feng will tell you a book."

"Hey, hey, you wait."

Meng Shaoyuan found these that Feng Xiao wanted, and those little spies with shallow information, as soon as they heard that they had books to hear, they all gathered over.

After a while, Feng Xiaocai was surrounded by a circle of people.

Meng Shaoyuan diligently smoked and lit it for him, Feng Xiaocai took another sip of tea, cleared his throat and said:

"In other words, it was the 22nd year of the Republic of China, and there was a team leader at that time, this person's surname was Tian, his name was Kaiyi, and he was a member of my Lixing Society. Xiao Xiao was frightened when he heard his name.

That year, it was also the eve of the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Tian Kaiyi poured a lot of sausages and dried them outside. It's also unfortunate that Mrs. has just walked on the front foot, and the task suddenly arrives.

Tian Kaiyi looked at those sausages, had a plan, found paper and pencils, brushed and brushed, and wrote down a line of words. 'Tian Kaiyi's sausage, who dares to steal it! When I finished writing, I hung on the sausages and walked away.

Who dares to touch Captain Tian's sausage, that's not looking for death? After a busy day, the task was completed, Tian Kai rushed back, but when he saw it, he was dumbfounded, the sausages were gone, and there was an extra note on the scene......"

Speaking of this, Feng Xiao paused for a moment:

"There were only three words written on the note, 'I dare to steal!' ”

Hearing this, the surrounding erupted in laughter.

"Tian Kaiyi is angry, isn't this Tai Sui's head breaking ground? Where does Captain Tatian's face go? At that time, the elite soldiers and strong generals were gathered, searched all over the city, and vowed to solve the case. For a time, the city was full of ups and downs. Someone asked the spies who knew each other, who are you arresting for making such a big fuss? ”

Feng Xiaocai took another sip of tea:

"People are embarrassed to say that our captain has lost his sausage. can only be vague, saying that it is 'an important case, a big sausage case'. The rest refused to say a word more. As a result, the word spread in the city of Nanjing. One said that there was a giant Kou who forged a lot of golden sausages from the looted property over the years and hid them somewhere in Nanjing.

Some people also say that foreigners have newly invented a sausage bomb, and one bomb is enough to blow up half of the city of Nanjing. This makes people panic. After Director Dai found out, he called Tian Kaiyi over and reprimanded him severely, telling him not to borrow public resources to do anything wrong. That's the end of it.

After Tian Kaiyi returned home, he suddenly saw a large number of sausages piled up at home. When I asked, I learned that it was the ...... that Director Dai sent to him during the day."

Good means.

Meng Shaoyuan had such a thought in his heart again.

That Tian Kaiyi has been loyal to Dai Li since then, who dares to say a bad word about Dai Li, Tian Kaiyi really dares to play with him.

Nickname:

Sausage Guard!

After less than half a year, I don't know why, Tian Kaiyi was suddenly transferred away, and his whereabouts are unknown.

When asked, it said that he had been promoted, but no one knew where he had gone.

"Section Chief Feng, did the person who stole the sausages catch it later?" Zhu Yanni couldn't help but ask the question that everyone wanted to ask.

"Catch? Where can the person who dares to steal the sausages of Captain Tatian be caught? Feng Xiaocai said with a smile: "Let's just say that we are in the Xing Society, the traitor can be caught, and the Rite can be caught, but it is just such a small thief, and he can't be caught." If you want to say that this thief is really a capable person. ”

It's not that you can't catch it, it's that you don't want to catch it.

It's just a few sausages, and there are so many things in the Lixing Club all day long, who has the spare time to catch them?

"Alright, alright." Feng Xiaocai looked at the time: "It's almost time, what should I do?" Xiao Meng, get ready, it's time for a morning meeting. ”

After the others were dispersed, Feng Xiao lowered his voice: "There is a call from Xi'an, and the incident will soon be resolved peacefully." ”

"It's all in the newspapers." Meng Shaoyuan took out the newspaper he had just bought: "Look, the front page and headlines are all on it." ”

Feng Xiaocai was stunned: "I just found out...... Ah, show me the newspaper...... By the way, by the way, it's him again, the New York Times correspondent in Shanghai...... Hey, this guy has great powers, and we and most of the government officials don't know about the Double Twelve incident, but he, a foreign correspondent, was the first to poke out. ”

"What's going on?"

"Of course, Aban called Song Ziwen that day, and the servant said that he went to Kong Xiangxi's house. He called Duan Na again, and the servant also said that he had gone to Kong Xiangxi's house. As soon as Aban heard it, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately called Mrs. Jiang, and as he expected, Mrs. Jiang also went to Kong Xiangxi's house. As a result, he directly called Kong Xiangxi, and under questioning, Kong Xiangxi admitted the incident. ”

Shameless, this American journalist. Just a few phone calls to know that something is going on?

Meng Shaoyuan firmly remembered two names in his heart today:

Tian Kaiyi and Aban!