In the past few days, there are two things that have caused the most controversy in Fengtian. One is the "Fengtian Secret Room Murder Case" serialized in "Fengtian Miscellaneous News". This article is only more than 10,000 words, but it tells an unheard-of criminal trick. After reading it, people applaud and admire the vengeful butler.
"If you ask me, the rich businessman was cruel and harmed a whole family, so he deserves to pay with his life. The housekeeper endured humiliation and endured hardships for more than ten years before he took revenge. He is truly a hero! I think the housekeeper should not only not be arrested, but should be praised!" Someone said this to his friend in a street teahouse.
The friend shook his head and said, "That's wrong. It's said that every country has its own laws and every family has its own rules. If everyone behaves like the housekeeper, what's the point of having laws?"
"Hey! How can you be so pedantic!"
"It's obviously your idea that is too extreme..."
There were many debates like these two, with the emotional and legal factions arguing fiercely, and as a result, "The Fengtian Secret Chamber Murder Case" became more and more widely circulated, and even citizens in several neighboring cities heard about the debate. While the sales of "Fengtian Miscellaneous News" increased significantly, Le Jing's debut work "The Fengtian Secret Chamber Murder Case" also became famous in several nearby cities. This was a pleasant surprise, but that's another story.
As for another thing, it was Li Jingran's "Farewell to My Father" published in the "Dajiang Evening News". Although this article is only a little over 2,000 words, it is sincere and heartfelt. Reading it makes one feel that he is a patriot. Of course, if it was just an article written by an unknown person, it would not have caused much response in Fengtian. Coincidentally, this article happened to be seen by a local scholar, Mr. Sun Qifang, who not only saw it, but also wrote an article to express his support!
Mr. Sun is a well-known figure in the Northeast. He was a top scholar in the imperial examinations in the Qing Dynasty, and later studied abroad in the Republic of China, where he devoted himself to studying the theories of many foreign sages. He is a great scholar who is well-versed in both Chinese and Western learning, and a well-known hero in the three northeastern provinces.
But how could such a person get involved with an unknown young man like Li Jingran? It turns out that the story started with another protagonist mentioned in "Farewell to My Father" - Li Jingran's sister Li Shuran. Although Li Shuran was a woman, she also had a strong desire to serve the country. She left her father and mother to travel and study, and even gave up the most important reputation for a girl. Such behavior naturally caught the attention of Sun Qifang, who always advocated women's liberation. Therefore, he wrote an article to praise Li Shuran again and again, and Li Jingran was just a by-product.
With such a great figure writing an article to praise them, countless people turned their attention to the authors of "Farewell Letter to My Father", Li Jingran and Li Shuran, and many people were jealous that Li Tingye had such a good daughter.
However, Li Tingye, who is envied by everyone, is not doing as well as everyone imagines.
"Bang!" The teacup fell heavily to the ground, and the fragments were scattered all over the floor. Li Tingye was still not satisfied, so he smashed the vase next to him.
He looked at the newspaper on the table with doubtful eyes. On it was the article in which Sun Qifang specifically praised "Farewell Letter to My Father". He gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you all trying to go against me?"
What kind of magic potion did Li Jingran use? It’s not enough to have Li Tingfang, now even that old bastard Sun Qifang is involved!
"Evil son! Evil son!" He was so angry that his hair and beard stood up and his eyes were red: "I should have strangled them to death at the beginning!"
Thinking of the scene of that day, he still feels furious.
I don't know what kind of magic potion that bastard gave to Li Tingfang, the old bastard, to make Li Tingfang do everything for him. If they hadn't acted first and reported later, and tricked him in the newspaper, he wouldn't have to be so passive now!
Thinking of the day when Li Jingran left and he had to pay two hundred dollars for his trip, his heart was bleeding! But he couldn't object! Now everyone outside was praising him for his good parenting and calling him a patriotic businessman. If he dared to object, his reputation would immediately become infamous. If there was only one Li Jingran, he wouldn't be so angry. He didn't have only one son, but he took Li Shuran with him when he left!
He had already discussed with Master Wu that he would marry his daughter off in the middle of next month, but now that wicked son had just left. How could he explain this to Master Wu? ! His business was on the rise, and it was the time when he needed Master Wu's help.
He asked himself that he had never lacked food and clothing for the siblings, and had raised them for more than ten years. Now was the time when they needed to contribute to the family, but they actually abandoned their parents and walked away! ? How could he have given birth to such an ungrateful pair of ungrateful bastards!
Li Tingfang, what a great Li Tingfang! He will remember this grudge!
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Sitting on the bumpy train, Le Jing missed the modern high-speed train. The journey from Shenyang to Beijing, which would only take a few hours in modern times, took them two days and two nights. When they got off the train at Beiping Station, Li Shuran, who was once full of energy, looked like a cabbage hit by frost.
Le Jing was not feeling well either. The trains of the Republic of China were completely different from the clean and bright carriages of modern times. They not only exuded the disgusting smell of diesel, but also the sour smell of the working people and even the feces of livestock. These smells mixed together were as terrifying as biological weapons.
After the brother and sister took a few deep breaths of the fresh air of Beijing, they felt their noses and brains come alive. Le Jing thought to himself that at least there would be no smog in Beijing now.
Le Jing looked around the station and soon found someone holding a sign to greet them. His uncle had previously sent a telegram to ask his old friend in Peking to arrange a place for them to stay in Peking.
The person who came to greet them was the old friend's son, who was in his twenties, handsome and looked like a decent scholar.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Ye Lian. My father sent me to pick you up."
We were all young people, so we quickly became familiar with each other after a simple greeting.
Since Le Jing and his friends are in Peking for the first time, it is only right and reasonable for the Ye family to treat them to a meal.
After having a good meal and drink at Ye's house, Le Jing asked them to find a place for the two siblings to live.
"Why do you have to live outside?" Ye's father said enthusiastically, "There are still empty rooms at home. You are Wanxiu's (Li Tingfang's pen name) nephews, so you are family members. Just stay at home and feel at ease."
Le Jing declined repeatedly and spoke sincerely, and only then did Ye's father stop persuading him and asked his son to find a place for Le Jing and his family to live.
Ye Lian seemed to have been prepared and agreed immediately: "Don't worry, I will find you a perfect place to live." Then he took Le Jing and Li Shuran to take the public tram to check the place one by one.
While queuing to get on the bus, Le Jing had a sense of time and space confusion. If there hadn't been the Republic of China scholars wearing long gowns in front and behind him, he would have thought he had traveled back in time.
It was not a pleasant experience to ride on a tram that could only be seen in old historical photos. The ups and downs of the road hurt Le Jing's buttocks. No wonder old Beijingers called this tram a diangdiang car.
When they finally arrived at the station, Le Jing took Li Shuran and got off the bus as if they were escaping.
The first house Ye Lian took them to see was a courtyard house, which was located in the equivalent of the Third Ring Road of Beijing in modern times. It had seven or eight rooms and the monthly rent was only 20 yuan. Based on the current conversion rate between silver dollars and RMB, the monthly rent would be around 2,000 RMB.
Unlike the imperial capitals of later generations where every inch of land was worth a lot of money, the land in Peking today is really worthless.
Someone conducted a survey in later generations, and found that in the ranking of housing prices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou during the Republic of China period, Beijing was ranked last, and even Tianjin's housing prices were higher than Beijing's.
In 1933, the Nationalist government estimated the land price of Xijiaominxiang, Wangfujing Street, Zhengyangmen Street and Dashilan at 2,000 yuan per mu. At that time, the purchasing power of one dollar in Beijing was about 50 yuan, and one mu of land was only 100,000 yuan.
You can rent a courtyard house in the Third Ring Road of Beijing with a monthly rent of more than 2,000 yuan. No wonder so many modern house slaves yearn for the Republic of China and wish they could travel back in time when they mention it.
Le Jing walked around the courtyard and thought the house was pretty good. It saved him the trouble of looking for houses elsewhere, so he immediately signed a contract with the landlord and officially began his life as a migrant worker in Beijing.
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