Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 26 The First Meeting of Kobayashi Kaoru
There are still three days to receive the certificate.In other words, Qian Xiaobao will live in Hengdaohezi for another three days.

Now Fan Wengui is very enthusiastic about Qian Xiaobao and comes to him for dinner every day.

"Where will the eldest brother plan to go on business after he has the certificate?" Fan Wengui asked with concern at the dinner table.

"I haven't thought about it yet. Anyway, God won't die of hunger." Qian Xiaobao replied.

"I have been cooking for 20 years more than you, so I have more experience than you. Do you want me to give you some advice?" Fan Wengui asked.

"I listen to Uncle Fan." Qian Xiaobao replied.

"People make money and birds die for food. Can you live without money? Look at Hengdaohezi, and then go to Suifenhe! Who are the people living in those foreign houses?" Fan Wengui said.

"They are all foreigners who came to the Northeast from Europe to do business! I heard that the best locations in Harbin are also foreigners! If you want to make money, you have to do business!" Fan Wengui continued.

"I have no experience and no capital in doing business." Qian Xiaobao replied in embarrassment.

"Look, I'll tell you that you are a smart person. You've hit the point in one sentence. Capital is secondary, and you can grow from a young age. The most important thing is experience!" Fan Wengui said.

Fan Wengui put his hands on Qian Xiaobao's shoulders and said sincerely: "It's hard to be a master if you don't endure hardships! How about I find you a place to learn the skills of doing business first?"

Qian Xiaobao was left alone now.He was also at a loss and didn't know what to do next.

Then do it with the Japanese?The Japanese are not made of tofu either.He really couldn't do it alone.

Last time in Xilin River, if the machine gun bullets were lower, he would have died.

"Let me work as a clerk in the shop?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"That's right. The Northeast is dominated by the Japanese now. What is the most profitable thing to sell? Naturally, it is selling Japanese products. Aren't you wearing Japanese rubber shoes now?" Fan Wengui said.

"I work as a clerk in a store that sells Japanese groceries, and I get a lot of money including food and lodging! In the future, you will come out and be the boss by yourself!" Fan Wengui spitting and describing the bright future to Qian Xiaobao prospect.

"Okay, I'll do it!" Qian Xiaobao finally nodded in agreement.

"Oh——that's right!" Fan Wengui patted Qian Xiaobao's shoulder vigorously and said appreciatively.

"Do you still remember the old lady who worked with you to apply for the certificate? She is the mother of a dead friend of mine. This time she will go to Mishan to visit relatives after she gets the certificate. Her relative is selling Japanese groceries. He is also my friend. My friends! When you get the certificate of good citizenship, you send that old lady to Mishan to visit relatives and then stay there as a buddy." Fan Wengui said.

Although Qian Xiaobao is young, he has been out and about since he was very young, and his mind is much more mature than ordinary people.He faintly felt that something seemed wrong.

"Isn't there a train? Just send that old lady on the train. Besides, Second Master Qi needs someone to take care of him when he's old. I don't want to go too far." Qian Xiaobao said.

"That dead friend and I had a lifelong friendship! The old lady is getting old, what if something happens on the way? It's only a few months to be a buddy. You can't bear this bit of suffering?" Fan Wengui put on a straight face and reprimanded him like an elder.

Eat people's mouth is short.What's more, the certificate of good citizenship was obtained only with the help of Fan Wengui.

Only a few months passed as soon as I gritted my teeth.

Thinking of this, Qian Xiaobao nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll go. It's just that the old lady feels a little strange."

Hearing Qian Xiaobao's words, Fan Wengui's face twitched.

"The son is dead, how can the old lady's temper be good when she is alone?" Fan Wengui explained.

In the afternoon five days later.Outside Mishan Railway Station, which was built less than a year ago.

A man in his 40s suddenly stood up and walked towards the station entrance.

Sun Yumei, Harue Kono and Qian Xiaobao walked out of the station with a basket in their hands.

The train traveled more than 500 miles from Hengdaohezi to Mishan for nearly a day.Qian Xiaobao's butt was numb from sitting.

"Auntie!" the middle-aged man shouted.

Kono Harue nodded slightly at him.

The middle-aged man brought over the donkey cart parked beside him, and re-laid the straw mat on the cart.

Kono Harue looked around and said, "The train hasn't been repaired the last time I came here. It's still called Erdaogang. I didn't expect it to become a county now."

"The name has also been changed, and it is now called Dong'an." The middle-aged man said.Then he quickly helped He Yechunzhi onto the donkey cart.

Qian Xiaobao sat on the edge of the car with one leg tilted.

The middle-aged man seemed to have never looked at Qian Xiaobao from the beginning to the end.He whipped the donkey and drove the donkey cart south.

Several buildings were built in front of the train station, each of which was guarded by armed Japanese soldiers.

"Is your boss okay?" Kono Harue asked as if he was doing something homely.

"It's the same as before, okay." The middle-aged man replied.He was taciturn throughout the whole process, and he only answered briefly when Harue Kono asked him a question.

Qian Xiaobao thought he would be there soon after getting off the train.But I didn't expect the donkey cart to leave Mishan County and go all the way to the southeast.

When crossing a newly repaired cement bridge, Kono Harue asked, "After crossing the Muling River, we will soon reach Laomi Mountain, right?"

The middle-aged man just hummed lightly.

After the donkey cart crossed the Muling River and walked south for a while, a place of one or two hundred families appeared in the distance.

This is considered a big place in the vast and sparsely populated Northeast.

The donkey cart walked to the westernmost end of the main street and then turned east along the street.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl galloped over.

"Swallow! Haven't seen you for two or three years?" Kono Harue said first.

The girl was stunned for a moment when she heard Kono Harue's words, and then she saw Qian Xiaobao sitting on the donkey cart.

"Auntie, I have been waiting for you outside the west gate for a long time." The girl said with a smile.

Kono Harue looked at the pale and thin girl with rare tenderness in her eyes.

The girl named Yanzi followed the donkey cart and ran towards the street.

The donkey cart stopped in front of a money-making step.

Qian Xiaobao jumped off the donkey cart.

Harue Kono also got out of the car with the support of Yanzi.

At this time, a short man came out of the shop.

"Sister, you are here. Old Zhang, you go and arrange a place for him now." The man pointed to Qian Xiaobao and said.

Only then did Qian Xiaobao know the surname of the person driving the donkey cart along the way.

Kono Harue's face suddenly darkened.She went straight into the shop and sat down on a chair inside.

Only the short man followed in step by step.

"Morita! As an old man who did intelligence work in Manchuria during the Taisho period, your recent work is too disappointing!" Kono Harue said sharply in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)