The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 456 I came back this time to apologize to Junior Brother Chen

Chen Zhengwei heard the noise in the yard before he woke up.

"Let me stick it, let me stick it! I'm so tall now!" Qiao Niang's cheerful voice penetrated the glass window directly.

"Fuck, can't I sleep?" Chen Zhengwei raised his hand and threw Lin Changning's pillow against the window.

Then tuck your head under the pillow.

Outside, Qiao Niang was running around the yard holding the couplet. She ran to the door and stretched out her hand to gesture, but found that she was not tall enough. She rolled her eyes and said, "Little brother, come and help me!"

Chen Zhengwu was holding several pieces of blessing characters in his hands. Hearing this, he came over and asked, "How can I help you?"

"You squat here, and I'll get there by stepping on your shoulders."

"No!" Chen Zhengwu shook his head when he heard this: "Don't let a woman step on your shoulders."

"I am your sister!" Qiao Niang immediately displayed the aura of a big sister.

"That's not OK!"

"If you don't agree, I will beat you!" Qiao Niang said angrily.

"There's a stool over there, why don't you take it?" Chen Zhengwu was still a little afraid of Qiao Niang. After all, Qiao Niang would really beat him.

He ran away immediately: "I'll get you a stool!"

Qiao Niang immediately revealed a smug look. If she had asked him to get the stool, he would definitely have made excuses and even negotiated with her.

I was about to step on his shoulders, so he immediately ran to get a stool.

The thugs not far away found this scene somewhat amusing. This little sister of Chen Zhengwei was very smart and rough, very much like Chen Zhengwei.

Too bad it's a girl.

As for Chen Zhengwu, he is too honest and dull.

There were more than a dozen people in the whole yard busy with the decorations.

Lin Changning leaned against the door frame and watched. There was nothing for her to do here. After a moment, she turned around to get the new clothes that she had asked someone to make for Qiao Niang and Chen Zhengwu.

Chen Zhengwei slept until noon and sat in front of the window in his pajamas, watching people busying around in the yard. The whole yard was decorated with red lanterns, which looked very festive.

Celebrating the New Year in this era is much more festive than in later times.

After standing and watching for a while, he went downstairs with a cigar in his mouth and saw a wooden box on the table, wrapped in three layers inside and outside.

Seeing Chen Zhengwei coming down, Lin Changning said, "Go wash your hands!"

Then he opened the tightly wrapped wooden box and lifted the cotton cloth inside, revealing baskets of morning tea that were specially prepared and sent by the restaurant.

For fear that it would get cold, I wrapped it in several layers and put it in a box.

Chen Zhengwei sat down at the table. Lin Changning had already brought out the morning tea and was sitting there eating with him.

"They have all finished eating!" Lin Changning said while looking at Qiao Niang and Chen Zhengwu in the yard. In fact, she had also finished eating, but just took a few bites and sat with Chen Zhengwei for a while.

When Chen Zhengwei was almost done eating, his henchman came over with a telegram.

"Brother Wei! This is for you!"

Chen Zhengwei took it and glanced at it, then curled his lips: "Ouyang Ming? Minister to the United States?"

Then just throw it aside.

"The American Minister?" Lin Changning leaned over to take a look.

"Is his cousin a student studying in the United States?"

"Yeah, I didn't expect that. I hope he can be more sensible!" Chen Zhengwei said casually.

He didn't take it to heart.

Just a minister.

Moreover, the telegram said that this person would come to visit him in two days, so it seems that he is not that stupid.

"Have you prepared all the red envelopes for this year?" Chen Zhengwei asked again.

This year is the same as last year, with each person receiving a one-dollar red envelope, but the money distributed this year is much more than last year.

Originally there were only more than 40,000 people in Chinatown, but Chen Zhengwei brought back more than 10,000 people from Peru, and the Old Silver Mountain brought back more than 10,000 people, and this year those piggy banks brought in more than 10,000 people.

Today, there are nearly 90,000 Chinese people in Chinatown.

Fortunately, the Chinese population is not only limited to Chinatown nowadays. There are also many in North Beach and on farms outside San Francisco.

Otherwise Chinatown would be packed.

"It's ready, and the staff has been arranged. Ah Hu will lead people to distribute red envelopes in the square tomorrow. There will be hundreds of people just distributing red envelopes. It will definitely be lively."

When Chen Zhengwei heard that everything had been arranged, he stopped asking questions.

This kind of small matter can be handed over, and he doesn't need to worry about it, especially since Lin Changning is in charge of it.

Chen Zhengwei went to the martial arts hall first and asked Lin Mingsheng to go for the New Year's dinner.

In addition to Lin Mingsheng, there is another person in the martial arts school.

Situ was envious.

The child attended classes at school during the day and helped with accounting at the club at night. Under Situ Ye's arrangement, he also became a disciple of Lin Mingsheng.

He had learned some martial arts and had some skills.

Seeing that he was diligent and studious, and that he came to the United States alone, Lin Mingsheng accepted him.

Usually he would stay directly at the martial arts gym at night.

"Senior Brother Chen!" Situ Xianyi greeted Chen Zhengwei honestly after seeing him.

"No need to go to the club tonight! Come with me to have the New Year's Eve dinner!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

He was impressed by this teenager, who was much more perceptive than his thugs. He was still studying at school during the day, and he might become a good fighter in the future.

"Thank you, Brother Chen!" Situ said enviously.

"Little boy, call me Senior Sister!" Qiao Niang jumped out from behind Chen Zhengwei. Situ Xianyi said again: "Senior Sister!"

Qiao Niang immediately smiled!

By this time, Chen Zhengwei had already entered the martial arts gym and went to call Lin Mingsheng, and then the group went to the restaurant.

The restaurant was full of people. Xiucai, A'long, A'hu, Yan Qingyou, Situ Ye, Rong Jiasheng and others were all in the restaurant with their men. There were hundreds of people sitting there, and even if they were laughing and joking, outsiders didn't dare to get close.

Chen Zhengwei's fellow apprentices were sitting together with Yu Chong. Apart from having practiced some boxing and kicking skills, they didn't have any other special qualities. They were not as smart as Xiucai, nor as daring as A'long. It would be useless even if they were daring enough to fight now, as A'long and his fellow apprentices had plenty of daring enough men waiting to take over.

But at least they are close, and now they have got a good job in the labor company, so these people are quite satisfied.

They were all invited to join us for dinner this time.

Rong Hong sat and chatted with Xiucai. In the past few days, he got to know the important people under Chen Zhengwei.

In addition to being very familiar with Aaron, he can also get along well with Xiucai.

Another one is Lin Mingsheng. Yung Wing almost defected to the Taiping Army, and Lin Mingsheng was a remnant of the Taiping Army.

These two people can talk to each other.

There was another table of female relatives next to them. Rong Jiacai and Yan Qingyou were all married. Yan Qingyou married the woman he bought.

Some of the other gangsters were also married, and their families arranged the marriages for them in their hometowns and then sent them on the ship.

Seeing Chen Zhengwei coming in, everyone in the restaurant stood up quickly, and the sound was heard directly outside the restaurant.

“Brother Wei, sister-in-law, Mr. Lin!”

"Master, Senior Brother, Senior Sister!"

"Please sit down! Today is the 30th of the lunar calendar. You are all alone and don't even have a home. Let's have a New Year's dinner together!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Just like last year, all other restaurants in Chinatown were booked and set up for three days of buffet, allowing Chen Zhengwei's men to eat as they pleased.

"Brother Wei, I'm married!" Xiucai and Yan Qingyou laughed immediately.

Seven or eight other lackeys also said, "I have a wife, unlike them!"

……

While Chen Zhengwei and others were having dinner in the restaurant, Ouyang Ming and Liu Xihong were strolling in Chinatown with their families and servants.

Gong Yanyong was not there, and he didn't dare to show up in Chinatown directly.

He is still frightened by Chen Zhengwei's cruelty and ruthlessness, and often wakes up from his dreams in shock.

He plans to ask Lin Mingsheng for help tomorrow, and he still has confidence in convincing Lin Mingsheng.

Only with Lin Mingsheng's intervention could he stay in San Francisco.

"The Chinese here... live and work in peace and contentment!" Ouyang Ming nodded as he looked around.

“I didn’t expect that I could celebrate the traditional New Year in a foreign country!”

"It's just that we are too conspicuous..." Ouyang Ming then laughed.

They came here under countless gazes.

Even though Ouyang Ming and Liu Xihong changed into gentleman's clothes, their servants were still dressed in Qing Dynasty attire and had braids, which made them extremely conspicuous here.

"These people..." Liu Xihong looked at the Chinese people in Chinatown. Almost all of them did not have braids. He wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

Although Liu Xihong only said half of it, Ouyang Ming guessed what he wanted to say.

"Lord Liu, do you mean pigtails? When in Rome, do as the Romans do! This is not the Qing Dynasty after all! Besides, these Chinese have already taken root here, and it's hard to say whether they will return in the future!"

Ouyang Ming and his companions walked around for a long time, and when they wanted to eat, they found that the restaurant here was filled with tables of dishes, some even directly on the street.

Those Chinese youths dressed in gentlemen's suits called their friends over, sat down to eat, and left after they were full.

Ouyang Ming and his companions were surprised and asked passers-by, only to find out that all the restaurants in Chinatown were booked.

They had originally planned to find a restaurant in Chinatown to eat, but now, regardless of whether they are willing to squeeze with those people, even if they want to squeeze with them, the restaurant has no time to do business with them.

……

The next morning, when Situ Xianyi opened the door, he saw a man in gentleman's suit and braided hair standing at the door of the pharmacy, staring at the plaque above.

The whole person stood there motionless.

There was a package at his feet.

"Do you want to see a doctor or buy medicine?" Situ Xianyi shouted.

Gong Yanyong turned his head to look at him and asked, "Are you from the martial arts school?"

"Yes!" Situ Xianyi nodded.

Gong Yanyong looked at him for a long time before picking up the package on the ground and limping towards him.

"Who are you?" Situ Xianyi looked at the other person's walking posture and suddenly thought of someone.

He hadn't seen it, but he had heard about it from others.

"Come to think of it, you still have to call me Big Brother! Master, is he up?" Gong Yanyong showed a friendly smile on his face, then walked into the yard of the martial arts hall, and saw Lin Mingsheng who was washing his face.

Lin Mingsheng was also looking at him with a look of surprise on his face.

Gong Yanyong threw his bag to the ground, knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed three times.

"Master, I, your unfilial disciple, wish you a happy new year!"

Lin Mingsheng looked at this familiar face and his mood fluctuated.

After all, he originally trained Gong Yanyong as his own son. He not only taught him boxing but also medical skills, and he passed the pharmacy to him when he passed away.

Lin Mingsheng asked after a long while: "Why are you back?"

"Master, I know I was wrong. I think it's clear now. Junior Brother Chen is right. I was wrong." Gong Yanyong knelt on the ground and said:
"I was narrow-minded and ignorant before! I came back this time to admit my mistakes to you and Brother Chen!"

(End of this chapter)