Chapter 887: Xinnongken Ballroom

Chapter 887: Xinnongken Ballroom

"Zdravo, which means Hello."

On the lawn of Columbia University, a man dressed as a cleaner is teaching Montenegrin to a Chinese girl.

The cleaner's name is Filipage, an Albanian born in a small mountain village in the Republic of Montenegro. Because he didn't want to participate in the internecine civil war, he fled Montenegro and came to New York.

Most people regard learning as the key to open the door to success, but there are also a small number of people who regard learning as a life pursuit and a pleasure, and Philippaji is such a person.

When he first arrived, Philippaji could only speak a few simple English words, so he found an English class in a high school.

One day, Philippage asked a teacher, "Which is the best university in New York?"

"Columbia, of course."

Columbia University has a history of nearly 260 years and is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world, but the tuition fee of 43,000 US dollars per semester is not affordable for ordinary people, let alone a poor boy like Philippaji.

However, the teacher's later words gave him a glimmer of hope.

"If you can go to that university and get a job, you can take courses for free and maybe have the opportunity to go to university in the future."

Columbia University has a policy that all employees of the school can take any course for free, so there are many inspirational brothers and sisters in Columbia.

"We must find a way to work there." Philippaji secretly made up his mind.

But when Filipage excitedly ran to Columbia University looking for a job, he hit a wall — there weren't any openings. In order to create opportunities for himself, he bought a broom and cleaned outside the school gate every day.

A month later, the personnel department approached Filipaghi and hired him as a full-time cleaner.

Becoming a cleaner does not mean that he can start a class trip. His English is not very good, and he cannot understand what the professor is saying. The most important thing before him is to strengthen his English ability.

Coincidentally, Fan Hongdou, who has always been good-natured, met Philippaji, and the two learned from each other. Fan Hongdou learned Montenegrin from Philippaji, and Philippaji learned English from Fan Hongdou.

"Beautiful means Predivno."

The two came and went, teaching each other words. Fan Hongdou could learn them at once, but Philippaji seemed a bit dull. He had to learn a word several times. Fan Hongdou accommodated the speed of the other party, and the learning was progressing slowly. middle.

"Come over there, that girl who is ugly and wears a red T-shirt, so I can show you how ugly you really are." Nan Ruobing stood on the edge of the lawn, with a sinister smile on her face. Fan Hongdou said.

Fan Hongdou and Philippaji pleaded guilty and came to Nan Ruofing, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see our Miss Fan, your boyfriend?" Nan Ruofing said to Philippa Ginunou.

"Don't talk nonsense." Fan Hongdou said displeased.

"Okay." Nan Ruobing laughed, and said in a low voice, "I want to speculate in foreign exchange. If you want to invest a little, I will only charge you 20% commission."

Fan Hongdou also lowered his voice and said, "Lira or pound?"

"No, let's have some dessert first."

"Finnmark?"

"You also know?" Nan Ruofing pretended to be surprised.

Fan Hongdou glanced at Nan Ruobing, "Weren't you there when godfather gave me the notebook?"

Nan Ruofing: "Hehe, do you want to vote?"

Fan Hongdou thought for a while and said, "I'll give you 1 million."

Nan Ruofeng curled her lips, "It's a little less."

"Yes? Or not?"

"Yes, no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Call."

Hearing this, Fan Hongdou waved to Plantago Seed next to her, who immediately handed the phone to her. A phone call was made to Weir Bank, and 1 million US dollars was transferred to Nan Ruofing's account.

"Are you planning to go back next month?" After calling, Fan Hongdou asked Nan Ruofing again.

Nan Ruofing waved her hand and said, "Father isn't here again, let's talk about the Christmas and New Year holidays. I'll call you when I'm done. We'll go to the training base to play CQB."

"It's boring to play CQB. Why don't you fly to the UK next month and go there to hunt grouse."

"The grouse hunting day is August 12th. I'm not free during that time, so you fly by yourself." Nan Ruobing thought for a while and said, "I'm not going back to Boston today, I'm going to live with you, do you want to make an appointment for dinner?"

"No date."

Nan Ruobing grabbed Fan Hongdou's chin, "Little lady, show me the show, and I'll ask you again, do you want to make an appointment?"

"You're getting annoying, Seven o'clock, Fourth Avenue."

Nan Ruofing asked suspiciously, "Is there anything delicious on Fourth Street?"

"I'm going to Neil Stephenson's book signing on Fourth Avenue, by the way."

Nan Ruofing: "Avalanche, I've already bought it. The book describes a surreal digital space (Metaverse, which is actually the Metaverse). This concept is very interesting, and there may be a chance to realize it in the future."

"Don't tell me that if you know the plot in advance, you will lose the fun of reading." Fan Hongdou said dissatisfied.

"Okay, you continue to talk about love, I'll go to Wall Street."

...

"Adler, did you watch Disney (Kids Channel) yesterday?"

In 41 public school, Scarlett and Nan Youqiong were sitting on the edge of the playground. Scarlett was licking an ice cream while talking to Nan Youqiong.

Nan Youqiong: "Look."

Scarlett: "Who do you like best?"

Disney Children's Channel is broadcasting "The Mickey Mouse Club", a popular youth talent competition among teenagers. Scarlett doesn't need to be very specific, Nan Youqiong can understand what she is talking about.

Nan Youqiong: "Britney."

Scarlett: "Why not Christina, she is prettier than Britney."

"She sings beautifully."

Nan Youqiong only said half of what he said, and left half of the sentence "investment value" in his mouth.

"I sing better."

Scarlett said, humming Emmy Grant's "god for me" unconvinced.

At the end of the song, Nan Youqiong gave Scarlett a warm response against his will. Scarlett's singing was okay, but it was far worse than the original singing.

Perhaps it was Nan Youqiong's response that aroused Scarlett's desire to express. She pulled Nan Youqiong together, humming the cheerful "Move this", and walked towards the classroom while humming.

In mid-June, they had already had their summer vacation, but Nan Youqiong attended the summer school, and Scarlett was only eligible for poor students to attend the cram school.

There are three states in the United States that stipulate that children under a certain age cannot be alone at home. States without laws will also issue a guideline, advising that children should not be left alone at home.

Perhaps because of this, some organizations have moved the summer school model for junior high school students to primary schools, so that parents have a place to put their children. Summer schools for primary school students usually teach a few interest courses, such as music, art, Sports, astronomy and the like are somewhat similar to the Palace of Culture.

Of course, some summer schools will also focus on cultural courses, and the model is closer to elite cram schools.

Nan Youqiong joined the summer school only because the summer school could find a partner to play ball with. He played ball for three days and participated in various meetings with his mother Scarlett for two days. It was just a good balance between work and rest.

As for Catherine, she has not paid too much attention to the "Adam Award", but she has done nothing. She has already contacted the University of Glasgow and Oxford University. These two universities have a deep relationship with Adam Smith. Get in touch and be happy with the establishment of the Adam Awards.

Although it is a bit nondescript to set up an award with the name of a person who has made achievements in economics, and to reward people with outstanding scientific achievements, Oxford University murmured why it did not consider changing the name to the Newton Award. Money has nothing to do with it. The Adam Award is a good name.

After stumbling, the Adam Smith Fund was finally established, with an injection of 300 million U.S. dollars, showing its strength and showing off its arms. People from the two universities participating in the Adam Award program began to start public relations with the Royal Academy of Sciences.

For the Adam Award to become an authoritative award, a group of heavyweights are needed to participate in it, but as more and more people participate, Nanyi's idea of ​​"wine country scholar" may become empty.

When it was night in New York and afternoon tea time in London, on Fengtian's side, Nan Yi had already taken Yan Zhenhua to have breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Two breakfasts are included in the room rate, and I'm about to leave, so come and eat once.

Holding the two pointed ends of the boiled egg, rub the egg on the table to make it spin. Nanyi's little finger quickly picked the surface of the eggshell, and pieces of eggshells fell on the table. One piece, two pieces , No more, the egg loses kinetic energy and does not turn.

Yan Zhenhua, who was on the opposite side, had been watching with burning eyes, full of expectation at first, and then... well, the buns are delicious.

Nanyi switched to the traditional method that has been proven for a long time to peel off the eggshell, stuffed it into his mouth and bit off half of it, and after chewing and swallowing, he said to Yan Zhenhua: "Zhenhua, I'm leaving tomorrow, you Do you have any plans, stay here, or go back to Manque? Or if you have any other ideas, you can also talk about it, and I can help you as much as I can."

Yan Zhenhua: "Uncle, I want to visit my mother again."

"It's good to go again, but don't have too much hope. Sometimes people are no different from cats and dogs. After a bitch and a cat give birth, they may eat their own babies. I have a way to force your mother to recognize you. But once that method is used, it is likely that your mother's resistance to recognizing you and guilt towards you will turn into hatred.

In addition to having feelings, people also weigh the pros and cons. When your mother was with your father, it may be because of feelings, or it may be a choice after weighing the pros and cons. Later, she chose to divorce and return to the city. She just chose what is most beneficial to her personally. option.

Zhenhua, although I haven't met your mother, it's not the first time I've seen you in this situation. So far, I haven't seen or heard of a happy ending. Parents leave their children behind. , basically not because of emotion, but because of social and realistic pressure.

The tiger locked the clouded leopard and a rabbit in the same cage, and warned the clouded leopard not to eat the rabbit. The clouded leopard is afraid of the tiger and seems to be able to coexist peacefully with the rabbit. Maybe it seems to outsiders that there is still a little love for each other, but life is good, only the rabbit itself Just known. "

Nan Yi said and pointed to Yan Zhenhua, "And you are that rabbit. You came and saw your mother. She didn't recognize you, which means that she didn't want to recognize you subjectively, or she was not allowed to recognize you objectively. .Your appearance is a kind of trouble to your mother, and you may still be a nightmare she desperately wants to forget and doesn't want to mention."

Nanyi took out a pre-prepared envelope and put it on the table closest to Yan Zhenhua, "There are two thousand yuan in it, and my mailing address, which is enough for you to graduate from high school. You are admitted to university, send me a letter, now the university's subsidy is not enough, I will send you living expenses on a monthly basis."

"Uncle, I don't want it." Yan Zhenhua shook his head, "I can't ask for your money anymore."

"Take it, it's not for free. When you graduate from college and help me work, this money will be regarded as my salary advance to you." Nan Yi picked up the envelope and stuffed it directly into Yan Zhenhua's palm, "Go back Study, don’t think about going out to work, for you, there is no better way out than studying.”

Yan Zhenhua stared at the envelope in his hand for a long time, and then put the envelope away after being tangled in his heart.

"Uncle, thank you."

Nan Yi waved his hand, "Don't thank me, keep eating, this meal will be our farewell banquet, today you do what you want, and I will do what I want to do."

After breakfast, Nanyi read the newspaper for a while at the hotel, and went out to meet Wu Renpin's introduction to the relationship between urban planning, saw Fengtian's planning map for the next ten years, and also saw the subway planning map.

The history of subway planning here in Fengtian is very early. The subway planning started in the 1930s. After the liberation, construction was started and stopped several times. Inclined shafts were dug and buried.

Nanyi vaguely remembers that there will be a subway in Fengtian, but he doesn't know exactly when it will be built. It seems to be something in the next century, so there is a high probability that it will end without a problem this time.

In the afternoon, Nan Yi went to the color TV tower again. This time, he took a telescope, Fengtian map, and questions, and looked around with the telescope. After looking at a place, he wrote down a number on the corresponding position on the map, and then Take out the post-it note and write on the drawing and mark the corresponding number.

Coming down from the color TV tower, Nan Yi went to the Xin Nong Ken Ballroom in Zhongjie.

There are quite a few dance halls here in Fengtian, ranging from high school to low grade, perhaps because of the good location, Xin Nongken's high-end dance hall has a good business.

After standing at the door for a while, Nan Yi saw several people coming in. The business of the dance hall in the afternoon is usually not very good, so it can only be regarded as a warm-up for the evening show. The guests who haunt the afternoon show are generally older married people. It is not an exaggeration to say that the afternoon dance hall is a hotbed of extramarital affairs.

In her previous life, when she was 19 or 20 years old, Nan Yi was fooled into going to the afternoon show. Whenever it was time to turn off the lights and dance, there were always rustling sounds on the dance floor. The young and ignorant Nanyi was taken by a thirty-five-six-year-old woman to dance socially and meet national standards, and he was often eaten tofu by the other party. The white and tender hand that was no longer young gave him nightmares for several days.

In the eyes of Nan Yi, who is in his twenties, thirty-five-six is ​​already an old woman. At that time, his aesthetics was still limited to those of similar age or the slightly younger girl next door, and there was still love in his heart. How can I stand the battle of being directly "being" with careless hands.

Stop recalling the past, bought five yuan/piece of tickets, and entered the ballroom, Nan Yi suppressed the impulse in his chest to make up for the ignorance of his youth and mistaken girls as treasures, stood at the entrance of the ballroom, glanced, and walked directly to the young girl A corner of the crowd.

Nowadays, the domestic economic conditions have obviously improved, the pace of life has also accelerated, and the way of life has become more free. Those who can be included in the ranks of youth have a lot of experience.

The group from 50 to 65 years ago obviously had a more "serious" attitude towards life. Whether they were working or playing, they always wanted to make a name for themselves. Accordion, harmonica, guitar, and various dances were ten years ago. However, there are certain thresholds, and it is not easy to play, it requires a relatively boring learning process.

This is not the case for the post-65s and post-70s of the same year. Their eyes were opened during adolescence and childhood, and new things from the outside swept in. They are eager to get in touch with new things, and it is best to be able to get started easily.

It has been opened for more than ten years, and all kinds of things have been injected with too many commercial elements, because they are still fresh, trendy, and a seller's market. Some entertainment places are often more expensive; if fashionable young people do not do some business, they will not steal , a month's income is very limited, after eating, drinking and smoking, the remaining salary is enough to go to the disco, maybe even barely order a can of 30 yuan Coke.

I want to play, but I don’t have a lot of money in my pocket. It’s rare to come here. I can’t just come here to "study". You can shake it, and you can take the opportunity to fumble around in the disco, making your money more worthwhile.

The ballroom used to earn several thousand a night, but now it may not be able to earn this amount in a week. People who have picked up money have turned them into money pickers. This is a very painful thing. Innovate and make the flow again.

Some put on sheep’s heads to sell mutton, and some put on sheep’s heads to sell dog meat, such as dancers, and some venues are simply accompanying dancers. When customers buy dance tickets, the dancers will accompany them to dance a few tunes. When dancing, if People look bad, and their hands are not honest, so they will inevitably have to eat a few big ear scrapers;

Some venues have more services, you can accompany dancers on the big dance floor, and there will be a door in an unobtrusive corner. Open that door, you can lead to a pink world, and you can have pink when you walk in there. memories.

The young girls in front of Nanyi are dancers. I heard from Dagang that the service here at Xinnongken is relatively simple, that is, simple dancing and nothing else. If you want to have a romantic story, it depends on the charm of the customer. There must be a balance between looks and money. Same.

After sweeping his eyes, Nanyi didn't choose which one was more suitable to dance with him, so he leaned forward and leaned next to the girl to smell the incense. He smoked fiercely, and there was always a smell of tobacco in his clothes. From light to strong, you can estimate the approximate amount of smoking a person has every day.

Smoking, drinking, and being a dancing girl does not mean that she is a bad woman, but such a woman is always surrounded by a few thugs with a worldly vision. The big crime is not committed, and the small fights are constant. The news on the rivers and lakes is relatively well-informed. Nan Yi came here to find out , he needs such a dancing girl.

Amidst the complaints and dislikes of "Fucking!", Nanyi found the person he was looking for.

"Old girl, accompany brother to dance a few songs."

The girl picked by Nanyi glanced at him, "Boss, we pay ten yuan a song here."

"Not short of money." Nanyi said in his mouth, thinking in his heart: "Old Jianghu, you can tell at a glance that I am here for the first time."

The girl stood up from her seat and held Nanyi's hand naturally. Just as the music was switching, the two walked into the dance floor hand in hand. The prelude sounded, and Nanyi heard that the music was "Ask for Love". It's tango, so it's not convenient to talk.

After dancing a tango in a proper manner, the music becomes "Moon Misty Bird Misty", which is a slow three piece, with a word "slow", all movements are very slow, very suitable for chatting while dancing.

Nan Yi: "Old girl, what's your name?"

"Camel dragon."

"Camel dragon?"

Nanyi sounds familiar.

Tuolong glanced at Nanyi and said, "Haven't heard of it?"

"I heard it, but I forgot where I heard it."

"A very famous girl in the early years." Tuo Long just said briefly, but didn't say much.

"oh."

Others know, he doesn't know, Nan Yi, who is a good teacher and loves to pretend, feels a little itchy, but he can't ask, a pretty woman is called a female gangster, who knows how many stories there are, I thought I'd better go back and look through the books and look up the information, and I must figure out who the sacred camel dragon is.

"Tuolong, what happened to the gunshot last night, I heard it in the hotel."

Tuolong: "Did you just come from other places?"

"Ah, I just arrived."

"That's no wonder. A man named Liu Xiangdong came out of Fengtian two years ago. He used to run a non-staple food store. His business was doing well. For some reason, he came out to mess around. He was very ruthless. In the past two years A lot of people were abolished by him."

Tuolong put his hand on Nanyi's arm and gestured for a pistol, "Liu Xiangdong has a guy in his hand, and he fucked another ruthless guy named Sun Dana last night."

"Sun Dana? Real name or fake name?"

Tuolong: "The pseudonym, the real name seems to be Peng."

"Oh, can Liu Xiangdong be called Liu Dana?"

"It's so capable. Except for Taiyuan North Street (where the provincial government compound is), now Fengtian counts him as the one who speaks well."

Tuolong's statement is a bit exaggerated, but it can also show that Liu Xiangdong is already very well-known in Fengtian.

"You're so awesome, tell me about Liu Dana's glorious record."

When Tuolong heard what Nanyi said, he immediately began to tell stories. Northeasterners have a talent for humor in their bones. I also went to the water bar and ordered two glasses to moisten my throat.

Needless to say, the bill must have been bought by Nanyi, the money was not less, and the story was not less. Tuolong bought one and got one free, and told Nanyi about the case of a 17-year-old girl who was raped and killed in the government compound earlier this month. , what was said was a ups and downs, and Nan Yi was taken aback for a while.

After leaving Xinnongken, seeing that there was still a little time before five o'clock, Nanyi went to the former site of the Manchurian Fengtian Public Office at the Great South Gate, which is where the Fengtian Library was located, and searched among the bookshelves for a while. Find the records of Camelosaurus.

Tuolong, whose real name is Zhang Shuzhen, grew up in a poor family and her mother died early. She and her father depended on each other and lived an extremely difficult life. Born in troubled times, he was young and ignorant, unfortunately, he was kidnapped by bad guys to Chuncheng and sold into a brothel. His nickname was Cui Xier, and he was 16 years old at the time.

Zhang Shuzhen finally couldn't stand the torture of the old bustard, so she had to live with the situation. When she met Wang Futang, the head of the gang who claimed to be "the army of benevolence and righteousness" and reported the name "Dalong", the two fell in love with each other.

In 1919, the gangster "Dalong" wanted to redeem her from the Jinyutang brothel, but the old procuress Xiao Jinbao refused because Zhang Shuzhen was her cash cow, so Dalong decided to kidnap her.

One day, Xiao Jinbao took her only son to a temple fair and squeezed through the crowd. Dalong's men smeared sweat medicine on Xiao Jinbao's son's head and tied him up. Later, Hua Shezi (the liaison officer in the gang) delivered a letter to him. Xiao Jinbao felt sorry for his son, so he had to give up Zhang Shuzhen.

Zhang Shuzhen was redeemed by the bandit Dalong in a brothel, and went up the mountain together to become Mrs. Yazhai. She practiced guns and horses, dared to love, hate, and dare to act. More than 2,000 people are often active in Binjiang Road, allowing bandits to loot, burn, kill, rape, and harm the people, becoming a local public nuisance...

If the real name of the dancer just now was not Zhang Shuzhen, but she got the nickname of Tuolong, it means that this woman also has a lot of stories and is not a simple person. There have always been only wrong names, and no wrong nicknames. When a nickname is born, there will be allusions and sources, and there will be no groundless rumors.

Satisfied his thirst for knowledge, Nan Yi rushed to Wu Renpin's house for dinner.

The next day, Nanyi took Wu Xiaowei on the train to Suifenhe. There was no direct train between the two places. It was okay when he got on the train in Fengtian, and Wu Renpin helped him find a soft sleeper.

When they arrived in Bingcheng, Nanyi neither asked Yi Hongxuan's father, Yi Haohan, for help, nor did he seek help from Song Yong, the relationship established in the study abroad business. He just looked for scalpers at the train station, but he couldn't buy it in the last three days Sleeper tickets in Suifenhe, not to mention soft sleepers, don’t even have a hard sleeper ticket.

Similar to the K3 train, the carriages of Nanyi and his party are also full of various goods. There are snakeskin bags and woven bags stuffed on the luggage racks, under the seats, and in the gaps in the aisles. Seats for two people Seating three or four people, three seats crowded five or more people.

In the alternating seasons of July and August, the weather is very sultry, the car has not started yet, and the outside wind cannot enter the car at all. The small electric fan above the head is creaking, and the wind blowing out is very little, which can only give people a kind of psychological comfort. .

In the carriage, some male passengers took off their shirts and their arms were bare, while others rolled up their sleeves and unbuttoned their chests, fanning their stomachs with the hem of their clothes like cattail fans; Wearing a handkerchief, or holding a towel, from time to time wipe the sweat on the forehead and face, and if you are more courageous, you will stretch it into the neckline or into the clothes from under the hem to wipe a few.

Some couples are more clingy, the man puts his arms around the woman's waist, puts his head together and whispers. In such a noisy environment, two mahjong tables were set up in the carriage. Two women and two men were immersed in their own sea of ​​cards. Behind the female player in a vest-style thin shirt, there was a man lying on the backrest watching. Watching mahjong for a while, and then sneaking a glance at the neckline, it was a joy, extremely obscene.

Nan Yi was sitting by the window, reading with a book in his left hand, and fanning the wind with another book in his right hand. His mouth was a little dry, but he didn't dare to drink water. There were still people in the carriage. However, it won't be long before the carriages are full of people.

According to Nanyi's experience of taking a Spring Festival travel train, as soon as the car starts and the door of the toilet is opened, someone will occupy it immediately. At that time, solving physical problems will face a very huge test.

Nanyi has secretly decided that he will not eat or drink until the number of passengers in the carriage decreases. He looks away from the pages of the book, glances at the two cans on the table, and evaluates how many times the two bottles can be used.

"Wow woof."

A Jingba suddenly appeared at Nanyi's feet, sniffed it on Nanyi's shoes, then pointed its butt at the shoes, and raised a hind limb.

"Take care of your dog." Nanyi raised his hips slightly, turned his head, and said to the dog owner.