He smoked the oil and sold it in exchange for cigarettes.

After finishing the play, Wei Ran, under the guidance of the other party, drove the car into San Guan'er, where he had been once before, and finally stopped at the entrance of a theater called Taihua House.

"Just wait for me at the door," Xiao Su's mother whispered before opening the door, "Don't run around, lest the enemy can't find you."

"That's not possible," Wei Ran said with a smile, "it's a hundred oceans!"

Hearing this, Xiao Su's mother smiled, took her small bag, pushed open the car door, twisted her plump body and walked into the gate of Taihua Building proudly.

On Wei Ran's side, as soon as he walked into Taihua Building, he immediately opened the door and locked the car, holding a cigarette with an antler holder in his mouth, and strolled around the lively street.

Stopping along the way, he bought some roasted goods such as peanuts and melon seeds, as well as half a pound of bacon and a sausage. Wei Ran went around to the snack stall he had been to with Jasmine and saw that it was still in business.

I politely bought five pancake skins and asked Uncle Meng to help cut all the bacon and sausages and put them in the pancakes.

Carrying the food and drink in a floral cloth bag he just bought, he slowly returned to the entrance of Taihua Building. Far away, he saw a man wearing a newsboy cap, suspenders, trousers and a white shirt near his car.

The man was looking around, feeling for something.

Ignoring the other party, Wei Ran found another ice cream parlor and bought a bottle of cold soda. Then he walked back to the car, opened the door and got in.

Before he could put the things in his hands on the passenger seat, the man wearing overalls and trousers came over and asked kindly, "Friend, can you borrow a fire? I don't have a fire with me when I smoke."

"

"there"

Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed in the direction, "Isn't there a cigarette seller there? They must have matches for sale. Even if you don't buy them, you won't refuse if you ask them to use them."

"I..." The man in overalls grinned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Wei Ran didn't give the other party time to react, he closed the car door with a bang, and then slowly rolled up the window.

"Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute, brother, wait a minute." The man in overalls pressed his hand on the rising car window as he spoke.

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately reached out to his lower back with vigilance, pulled out the small PPK pistol and pressed down the hammer to stop the opponent, "What's wrong? The robbery is on my head? I'm dead with one shot.

Do you believe it?!"

"No, no, brother, don't get me wrong!"

The man in overalls immediately let go of his hand and raised it, smiling and saying, "I'm not a bad person, I really am not, I..."

"What are you doing? Get away." As Wei Ran spoke, he had already used the car door to push the other person back a few steps. When he got out of the car, he also hid his hand holding the gun behind the half-rolled car window.

He confidently said loudly, "Where did your special code come from, Old Tan'er? Do you know whose territory this is? How dare you rob me at the entrance of Taihua Building!"

The voice didn't matter, not only did the people passing by notice the excitement, but even the two tall and thick doormen at the entrance of Taihua Building looked over, and then they rolled up their arms and sleeves and each carried one from who knows where.

The baton came over.

"Misunderstanding! What a huge misunderstanding!"

The overalls quickly explained, "Reporter! I am a reporter! A reporter from Fengyue Pictorial! My little body is not as strong as a wheel, so how can I dare to rob Daoer!"

He glanced nonchalantly at the two doormen who had already walked to the front of the car with sticks in their hands. After Wei Ran put away his gun, he picked up the Shaobing with meat on the dashboard and took a bite. He cursed and asked, "

Then why did you stick your hand into my car window? Are you trying to grab my sesame cakes or my bacon?"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did the people around them laugh, but even the two doormen who were about to beat him up followed suit. On the second floor opposite the Taihua Building, Mr. Ueda, who had changed into a long gown, also

He secretly cursed an idiot.

"Sir, this master, you are really joking. I really don't mean any harm."

As the overalls were spoken, he carefully approached Wei Ran and said, "I am really a reporter, I just want to ask a few questions."

"What are you asking about the special code? Get out of here!" Wei Ran waved his hand angrily, "If the special code comes up again, I'll slap you!"

"Yes! I'm out, I'm out!"

The overalls saw that they could no longer continue the conversation, so they had no choice but to leave the circle of people that had started to get lively.

"I'm sorry to trouble you two brothers to keep things under control."

Wei Ran turned his head and greeted the two doormen politely, then bent down and took out a bag of fried peanuts from the car and handed it over, "Come on, come on, take it and eat it, you're welcome."

When the two doormen saw this, they quickly put their batons on their belts and each grabbed a handful of peanuts from the paper bag Wei Ran was holding.

After some small talk, the two doormen were dismissed and went back to stand guard. Wei Ran also got into the car again and ate the sesame pancakes that served as dinner with everything in between.

About half an hour passed, and when Wei Ran was filling his stomach and lighting up an after-dinner cigarette, the overalls came over again.

"What the hell..."

"This master, this master!"

The suspenders interrupted Wei Ran's scolding in an extraordinarily polite manner, stretched out his hand and handed over a silver dollar, and said with a smile, "I really didn't kidnap Daoer, I recognized this as Miss Meixiang's car, so I thought

Ask a few questions.”

As he spoke, the overalls handed over another ID, "Look, I am really a reporter, a reporter from Fengyue Pictorial. Our newspaper office is among these three people. If you don't believe it, can I take you to our newspaper office?"

"Okay," Wei Ran said unexpectedly, "Which street is your newspaper office on? I'll go there right away."

"Hi! Hi! Why should I go to a newspaper if I just want to ask a few questions?"

The overalls panicked, and he quickly put away his so-called press pass and said, "I won't let you answer in vain. Who can't get along with Yuan Datou?"

"What do you want to ask?" Wei Ran asked, weighing the envelope of silver coins in his hand.

"I want to know, where has Miss Meixiang been recently? I see that Love Letters Apartment has not been accepting visitors recently, is it..."

"stop stop stop"

Wei Ran shook the silver dollar in his hand, "You ask so many questions for such a small amount of money, why are you sending a beggar away?"

With that said, Wei Ran threw the silver dollar in his hand directly to the other party and said in a show off, "My cousin gives me three hundred yuan a month, your special code is nothing. Where can I go to play?"

go."

"Hey hey hey!"

The overalls hurriedly took the piece thrown by Wei Ran and said through gritted teeth, "How about you make a price, and it will be whatever you say."

"One question costs 150 oceans"

Wei Ran pretended to be greedy and said, "The two questions you asked just now are worth three hundred yuan, even if you miss a penny."

"Three, three hundred?" The overalls eyes widened.

"How can you be a reporter if you don't have money?" Wei Ran changed his face as fast as a dog and waved his hand with a look of disgust, "Don't mess with me, you poor guy, or I'll kill you with one shot."

This unexpectedly high price obviously made the overalls lose their mind for a while. He glanced behind him almost subconsciously, then nodded and bowed goodbye to Wei Ran and blended into the crowd again.

"Three hundred oceans..." Wei Ran muttered to himself, wondering if the other party was willing to take out the money.

After waiting for less than ten minutes, the overalls came over again, looked around like a thief, and then took out a wad of French coins from his pocket, "Three hundred, three hundred is three hundred!"

"take it away"

Wei Ran waved his hand in disgust, "This is fucking butt paper. I don't even think it's big enough to wipe your butt. If you really want to ask, just bring real money and silver. If you don't have a special code, you can use burning paper to fool people."

"Yes! You are the uncle, I will change it right away." Wei Ran completely lost his temper because of the overalls, and he decisively turned around and left again.

This time, after waiting for less than five minutes, he ran back with a leather bag. Perhaps Qian Zhuang was emboldened, not only did he come back this time, but he also reached out and opened the passenger door.

Got in.

"Three Hundred Oceans"

The overalls shook the leather bag in his hand, "How about you answer one more question for me?"

"Get out of the car and get out." Wei Ran's face changed again.

"You"

The overalls quickly said, "This is not a one-time deal. If we don't guarantee everything, when will I come back to you?"

"Have you ever thought that if you got the news about your special code from me and published it in the newspaper, I might lose my job?" Wei Ran said with a mocking look, "If I lose my job, I will eat at your house and sleep at your house?

"

"Then I'll definitely help you keep these two questions a secret!"

Overalls gritted his teeth and said, "It's still the same question, where did Miss Meixiang go? Did she run away secretly because she saw that there was going to be a war?"

"Give me money first"

Wei Ran stretched out his hand toward the other person, then greedily pulled the small bag in the other person's hand, and took out one letter after another of silver coins from it.

While the overalls were waiting helplessly, Wei Ran opened each letter, licked his lips greedily, took out a few pieces from inside and blew hard, then put it to his ear and listened.

After spending ten minutes to verify the authenticity of these silver coins, Wei Ran put them all into the leather bag and replied, "You have to think carefully. If I answer, you will have no chance to regret it."

The money is going back."

"Can't regret it!" As the overalls spoke, he even took out a palm-sized notebook and a pencil from his pocket.

"My cousin and her friend went to Peking to watch a theater. I think they will be back in four or five days."

Wei Ran put his hand into his bag and pulled the silver coins and replied, "You can't run away. My cousin can speak Japanese. Whose business is this? What will happen even if the Japanese occupy Tianjin? Not yet.

Still doing business?”
To be continued...