Ran over.

Almost as soon as he entered the yard, a young man came out of the yard with a broom. While keeping watch, he was also cleaning up the few inconspicuous footprints left by Wei Ran and the others when they came in.

At the same time, Wei Ran was also taken by Tao Canhua to the west wing directly behind the entrance screen wall, where he met the bearded Cao Mute.

After babbling, he greeted the two of them to sit down. Cao Mute quickly took out an old newspaper and wrote on it with a pen, "What happened?"

"Brother Tang is dead"

Wei Ran whispered, "I left around six o'clock in the morning. The lady asked me to come and pay your respects."

Hearing this, Cao Mute was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh heavily, and for a while, the west wing fell into silence.

Seeing that Cao Mute was silent, Wei Ran also looked at the layout of the west wing room. A small earthen kang was connected to the stove. A briquette stove was lit next to the kang against the wall. On the low table at the end of the kang,

There is also a radio.

There is also a pick in the corner at the other end of the room. Looking at the objects on both ends of the pick, it seems to be a business of shaving heads in the streets.

Almost when he finished observing the layout of the room, Cao Muba picked up the pen again and wrote down a question, "Did he say anything before leaving?"

Hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head and asked, "How was Brother Tang exposed?"

"He used to work as a translator for a German company to hide his identity. The person who betrayed him has not yet been found."

"I sent a telegram for Andy last night."

Wei Ran paused and then said, "That telegram seems to have been written by Brother Tang when he regained consciousness, and asked Andy to send it after reestablishing contact. Also, Andy is preparing to take over her brother's job."

"The content of the telegram is..."

Cao Yaba just finished writing this, but he crossed out those words again, changed his position on the newspaper and wrote, "I will go to Hongwang Coal Store to order a cart of briquettes. We will pick up Juechen Ze when we go to deliver coal this evening."

Buried in the ground.”

It turns out his name is Tang Juechen, what a good name...

Wei Ran muttered to himself, turned to Tao Canhua and asked, "Do you know the location of the coal bank?"

"I know," Tao Canhua replied immediately, "in the past two years, our apartment has been burning briquettes from Hongwang Coal Store. How could we not recognize him?"

"Is there anything else we need to do?" Wei Ran asked.

"Protect the lady"

Cao Dumb wrote, "We have been investigating who betrayed Juechen. When we find out, we may need your help."

"No problem" Wei Ran and Tao Canhua agreed happily.

"Go back early. I'll ask Pike to give you news if there is any progress."

Cao Yuba waited for Wei Ran and Tao Canhua to finish reading, then immediately rolled up the newspaper with writing on the table and threw it into the briquette stove, where it burned into light ashes.

Leaving the west wing, Wei Ran and Tao Canhua waited until the young man clearing the snow at the door nodded, and then they went out one after another. After running a few steps forward, at the signal of a young man at the intersection, they headed towards another

The direction ran away.

When Tao Canhua and Wei Ran turned left and right and finally stopped again, they had already returned to the back door of Buzhuang.

After passing through the ajar wooden door, the two returned to the inner room and took off their cotton robes, hats and scarves, and then put on their original woolen coats and hats. The waiter also brought a coarse cloth bundle and said with a smile, "

Master Tao, the six-foot red flower cloth you requested has been stretched for you, and I will give you three yuan as a courtesy."

"You kid cheated me again"

Tao Canhua laughed and cursed, but he did not refuse this deceptive deal. He happily took out three oceans and threw them to the young man.

"Ouch! Thank you, Master Tao, for taking care of me!"

The clerk bowed and saluted as he accepted the money. He also used a feather duster to help Wei Ran and Tao Canhua each sweep away the non-existent dust on their woolen coats, and also gave them a series of good luck words.

After leaving Buzhuang under the escort of this enthusiastic young man, Tao Canhua drove Wei Ran and continued along the street, finally stopping at the entrance of a coal store on the edge of Sanguaner, almost at the corner of the British and French Concession.

"I'll go in and order coal myself," Tao Canhua said, already pushing the car door open.

Seeing this, Wei Ran, who was sitting in the back row, didn't get out of the car. He just lit a cigarette, opened the coarse cloth bag, opened the red flower cloth inside, looked at it, and then threw it aside.

Before finishing the cigarette, Tao Canhua walked out of the coal store, got into the cab and started the car.

"Who is running Uncle Meng's food stall now?" Wei Ran asked curiously after the car started running.

"You have no impression of the two young men who were recruited from the first batch of Chunhua Opera Troupe? That's right. You, the eldest young man who goes out to dance with your aunt every day, probably won't come here even once a year."

Chunhua Opera Troupe? Chunhua Qiushi? Wei Ran glanced at the back of Tao Canhua's head strangely, secretly wondering who gave this name.

Tao Canhua, who had just teased Wei Ran, also continued to explain, "The two of them really have no talent, their voices are not good, their backs are stiff, and they can't learn musical instruments, but they have learned all about Uncle Meng's cooking skills.

Later, the flood receded. After asking the two young men what they thought, the lady simply gave them a sum of money and asked them to set up the food stall again in Sanguang. Although the work was hard, at least they would not be cold or hungry.

And I can also help the mute uncle with some things."

"Speaking of this, how is Uncle Mute doing now?" Wei Ran asked tentatively.

"I don't know," Tao Canhua shook his head, "but Gouyu and Keqin are all working under Uncle Mute."

"Where are the Guan brothers and sisters?" Wei Ran continued to ask.

"I have never interacted with either of them. How would I know?"

Tao Canhua shook his head and joked, "Didn't you go to the dance hall with Brother Guan every now and then? And you even gave Miss Guan's belly..."

"It's not over, right?" Wei Ran lightly kicked Tao Canhua's seat back and cursed with a smile.

All the way back to the study apartment, Uncle Meng was still cleaning the yard, Yang Ma was preparing ingredients for lunch, and Qiushi was guarding the door of the storage room.

As for the half-grown children, it sounds like they are still in the banquet hall on the second floor, practicing ballroom dancing with Jasmine's piano accompaniment.

"Where's aunt?" Tao Canhua asked Qiushi.

"What's down there?" Qiushi pointed to the storage room behind her and lowered her voice and said, "I'm helping Miss Andy change Brother Tang's clothes. Brother Wei, the lady just borrowed a Chinese tunic suit from your room. She

Let me wait and talk to you when you come back."

"I see"

Wei Ran stepped into his room, closed the door and took out the Rolleiflex camera from the metal book. He also took off his woolen coat, gloves and hat.

When he came to the underground printing room again, Tang Juechen, who was covered in wounds, had put on a black tunic suit to cover the wounds all over his body. Even the stubble and hair on his face were carefully taken care of.

Seeing Wei Ran come in, Andy, with the help of Mei Xiang, helped Tang Juechen, who would never wake up again, and leaned against the wall. Then, she straightened her hair and moved a small round stool to sit on.

Beside the bed, she put her upper body as close as possible to her brother, and said to Wei Ran, "Take a photo of us together."

"good"

Wei Ran nodded, first turned on the lights above his head, then used the camera's viewfinder to cover the brother and sister, found a good angle and pressed the shutter.

After taking this photo, Andy stepped aside and took out her tortoiseshell cigarette holder, lit a camel cigarette shakily, took a deep puff, and asked to himself, "What did Mute Cao say?"

"He said he would come to pick up Brother Tang in the evening."

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he pressed the shutter button for the second time and took a single photo of Tang Juechen. Then he walked to the bedside and reached out to gently help Tang Juechen close his eyes.

"Have you told him that I'm going to take over my brother's job?" Andy asked after taking a second puff of smoke.

"said"

Wei Ran put away the camera and replied, "Uncle Mute didn't give a clear answer. He only said that he would pick him up in the evening..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the red light on the wall of the printing room started to flash.

Seeing this, Mei Xiang ran out without forgetting to say, "Follow me quickly!"

After looking at Andy who was at a loss, Wei Ran gritted his teeth and followed Mei Xiang out of the printing room. After passing by the three girls who ran down, the two climbed up as fast as possible.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before Wei Ran could straighten up, Qiushi, who was waiting outside, helped close the door and restored the frame to its original shape.

At the same time, Tao Canhua on the other end immediately wiped the floor and handrails with a rag, then threw the rag into a drawer not far away and ran over, explaining in a low voice at a very fast speed,

"Mr. Furukawa's car drove over from a distance and is almost at the door now."

"Hide the camera." Mei Xiang, who was still wearing pajamas, glanced at Wei Ran, then quickly ran upstairs with Qiu Shi and Can Hua.

"Hide it," Wei Ran muttered to himself, and the Rollei double reflex camera in his hand also disappeared out of thin air.

Walking quickly up to the first floor, Wei Ran just happened to see Mei Xiang and Qiushi disappear at the corner of the stairs leading to the second floor. He also saw Uncle Meng pouring a little kerosene on the firewood that had been placed in the fireplace.

It was lit and covered with a bucket of red briquettes that had obviously just been brought from the boiler room.

When he walked to the foyer, he saw Little Su's mother who had gotten out of the car and was walking towards the door.

However, behind Xiao Su's mother, not only was Furukawa followed, but also the devil Ueda in a cotton robe, and a little girl wearing a dress and a mink coat, but judging from her age, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Where is Meixiang? She hasn't gotten up yet?!"

Little Su's mother, who was wearing a kimono, hadn't even come in yet, so she bit her nose and asked loudly, and then she didn't forget to blow her nose with a handkerchief.

"What time is this?" Wei Ran pointed to the clock behind him, "My cousin hasn't woken up yet."

"I feel like a dead person every day, just sleep!"

Xiao Su's mother snorted and walked upstairs while carrying the hem of her kimono and yelled, "Akishi?! Akimi?! Please help your lady get up!"

"Mr. Furukawa, Mr. Ueda, and this lady, please sit down."
To be continued...