Wang Guier said hello energetically, then took off the cigar pinned to his ear and smelled it, then couldn't help but mutter, "Does any of you know how to smoke this thing?"

The policemen gathered in a circle and were busy studying the cigars. Guan Bingwen also waved Wei Ran away from the crowd and walked to a four-door Buick sedan.

"Let's get out of here first." Guan Bingwen opened the door and got into the cab as he spoke.

Seeing this, Wei Ran took one last look at the direction of the landing site, and then got into the co-pilot.

Without waiting for him to sit down, Guan Bingwen started the car, turned around and drove towards the British Concession.

"Xiaoguan, cousin, she..."

"You already know that Sister Meixiang is coming back?"

Guan Bingwen turned his head in surprise before Wei Ran finished speaking, "I also plan to give you a surprise."

"When will she come back?" Wei Ran asked curiously. At this point in time, it has only been two months since Mei Xiang and others went to hunt cranes.

"Tonight," Guan Bingwen said in a slightly lowered voice, "but only Sister Meixiang and Uncle Mute are back."

"What about you?" Wei Ran said casually, "When did you come back? Has Canhua come back?"

"A few days later, Canhua came back."

Guan Bingwen explained with a smile, "He has made great contributions. Canhua can speak their local dialect and is versatile. Within three or four days of our arrival in Lu'an Prefecture, he was in the local dance hall with several officers' families.

We are familiar with the wife, young master and so on.

Then there was a fight over there, and Canhua got a lot of useful things out of the mouths of those officers' wives, young ladies and young men. On the other hand, it was me, whose talk became a burden.

Later, the Japs here in Jinmen surrendered, and we were called back by Mr. Feng. I asked my father's former friend to find a job driving for the police chief. Canhua was sleeping outside the city, so tonight we will meet him.

Sister Meixiang and the others will come back together."

"Still...are you still leaving?" Wei Ran asked tentatively, "Are they still leaving?"

"Canhua is not leaving"

Guan Bingwen paused, "Sister Meixiang and Uncle Mute, I'm afraid they have to leave."

"Continuing to hunt cranes?"

Faced with this question, Guan Bingwen shook his head, "I don't know, I guess I'll have to wait until we meet to find out."

"Are you coming over tonight?" Wei Ran asked the final question as he watched the car drive into the former British Concession.

"I can't make it"

Guan Bingwen shook his head, then parked the car on the side of the road, then opened the door and said, "Brother Wei, you can drive this car back. It was collected from a traitor's house some time ago. I want to read a book

After all, it is convenient to have a car in the apartment.”

"Okay, I won't be polite to you." Wei Ran, who followed the door and got out of the car, happily accepted the gift.

"Of course you're welcome, but this car also has a job tied to it," Guan Bingwen said with a smile.

"Work? What job?" Wei Ran couldn't help but ask.

Looking around, Guan Bingwen walked to Wei Ran, lit a cigarette, lowered his voice and said, "When I get back, take a photo of this car and develop it, and ask Canhua to deliver it to the Jinmen Republic Daily early tomorrow morning.

Go ahead and place an advertisement for renting a car and driver on a daily basis, and let him raise the price as long as it doesn't go too far."

"Who wants to rent a car?" Wei Ran also lit a cigarette and asked in a low voice.

"Mr. Feng"

Guan Bingwen said in a low voice, "He will ask his assistant to come over and take the driving test. Either you or Canhua can take the exam."

After saying that, Guan Bingwen knocked on the car door behind him and said, "The assistant's photo is under the car seat. In addition to renting the car to him, you can also rent it to a few other people. Mr. Feng only needs to use the car every Wednesday and Saturday.

You can make arrangements for other times."

"What time will my cousin arrive? Do you need to be picked up?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.

"No need to pick her up, it will be late at night when she arrives." Guan Bingwen paused and continued, "Someone will take them home, and someone will pick them up."

"Okay, I got it." Wei Ran nodded in agreement while smoking.

"Just leave it like that."

Guan Bingwen flicked the cigarette butt away, "I won't go to the study apartment. In the evening, prepare a table of good wine and food, and give Mr. Feng and I a toast to Sister Meixiang and Uncle Mute."

"good"

Wei Ran finally responded, and after waiting for the other party to cross the road and get into a rickshaw and drive away, he went around to the other end of the car, got into the cab of the car, started the car and drove towards the study apartment.

When he drove the car into the small courtyard of the study apartment, he was familiar with the road and immediately saw Uncle Meng holding a stack of bamboo brooms to sweep the ginkgo leaves that had fallen all over the courtyard.

On the other side of the courtyard, Qiushi and the three girls who used to maintain the operation of the underground printing room were each wearing cotton masks and rubber gloves they didn't know where they came from, peeling and cleaning ginkgo fruits.

What about the core?

"Ah! Brother Wei, where did you steal the car from?"

Qiushi was the first to notice Wei Ran and immediately walked around the green Buick car, "This car is really nice. It's better than the two cars we had before, but it's so ugly."

A little bit."

"What did you just grab?"

Wei Ran shook his head and asked in a low voice, "There are no outsiders at home, right?"

"There are no outsiders," Qiushi replied immediately, "Mother Yang is coaxing her friends to play, and Miss Andy is upstairs not yet up."

"Come on, come upstairs with me."

Wei Ran greeted him in a low voice, and then ran up the steps and walked into the foyer without waiting for Qiushi's response.

In just two months, this book apartment has undergone a lot of changes. Among other things, the rooms that were originally occupied by the members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe have all returned to their original appearance. Some of the Japanese-style furniture originally displayed in the rooms

All the stylish decorations have been removed, and some calligraphy and paintings from unknown sources have been hung instead.

After saying hello to Yang's mother, who was playing flower rope with a friend of hers by the fireplace, Wei Ran quickly ran up to the second floor with Qiushi.

The changes on the second floor are similar to those on the first floor, but the big parrot, which is still alive, has moved in early because of the getting colder weather, and stands proudly on the wooden shelf in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, munching melon seeds leisurely.

Continuing to run up to the third floor, Wei Ran finally stopped and looked at Qiushi who was running up behind him. He walked to the small living room and sat down and said, "Cousin Andy, please come out."

"No need to invite me. I've already heard the big noise."

Before he finished speaking, Andy, wearing a loose silk nightgown, walked out of Mei Xiang's bedroom with disheveled hair, sat down next to Wei Ran, took out a tortoiseshell cigarette holder from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran.

Ran, yawning with a slight alcohol smell, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Cousin Meixiang is coming back tonight." Wei Ran whispered as he took the cigarette holder.

"What did you say?!" Andy and Qiushi exclaimed in unison.

"Canhua and Uncle Mute are also back together," Wei Ran added while busy putting a cigarette in Andy's cigarette holder.

"Really? You, you didn't lie to me?!" Qiushi covered her mouth before she even got a reply from Wei Ran, and her big eyes instantly overflowed with tears of surprise.

"Xiaoguan just told me"

Wei Ran handed the cigarette with the holder to Andy and tried to light it for her while explaining, "The car downstairs was given to me by Xiaoguan."

"When will they get home?" Andy pushed away Wei Ran who was holding the lighter in his hand, and even threw the cigarettes he had just handed over on the table.

"Later in the middle of the night" Wei Ran simply put away the lighter, "Xiao Guan asked us to prepare a table of good wine and food."

"Yes, yes, yes! We need to prepare a table of good wine and good food!"

Andy was so excited that he was a little incoherent, "Qiushi, please let Yang Ma go shopping, buy more, and make more of Meixiang, Canhua and Uncle Mute's favorite food!"

"Hey!" Qiushi responded happily, turned around and prepared to run downstairs.

"Qiushi, bring me two packs of cigarettes." Wei Ran said, taking out a big piece of cigarettes from his pocket and handing it over.

"There's a camel at the front door, right?" Qiushi asked after taking Dayang.

"Buy a few more packs of Fairy brand cigarettes, the one Meixiang likes to smoke." Andy ordered.

"Okay! I'll go shopping with Mother Yang right now!" Before Qiuzhen finished her sentence, she had already run to the stairs and disappeared.

"What else did Xiaoguan say?"

It wasn't until Qiushi was sent away that Andy suppressed his uneasiness and asked, "Are Meixiang and the others injured?"

“Probably not”

Wei Ran paused and repeated everything Guan Bingwen mentioned.

"You and Canhua are asked to advertise for renting a car? Do you have to rent it to Mr. Feng?" Andy frowned involuntarily.

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Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Cousin Andy, what is Mr. Feng's identity?"

"He? What else could he be?" Andy responded matter-of-factly, without giving a detailed explanation.

Seeing this, Wei Ran didn't hesitate to ask any questions, so he simply lit a cigarette and said, "I hear what Xiaoguan said, my cousin may have to leave soon."

"I know, you just mentioned it."

When Andy said this, her tone became more and more uneasy. Then, she simply walked to the balcony, opened the window, stuck her head out, and shouted into the small courtyard, "Xiaoyan, Liying, Meijuan, you guys
To be continued...