The morning sun is always warm and full of vitality, shining brightly in Beijing. The gentle spring breeze brings a hint of warmth. Although it is only around 7 o'clock in the morning, there are already people coming and going on the streets outside the window. Occasionally, there are tram ringing and the sound of motors of cars.

In the days without the Internet, Zhong Yang's rest time finally returned to normal.

"Ah, it's really good to go to bed early and get up early." Zhong Yang stretched out and sighed. The attic is quite spacious, and it's boring to live alone. I quickly advised that kid Chen Ze to move here as soon as possible. There are multiple people and multiple cares.

I didn’t think about the work arrangements today at all, and there was no need to think about it. I was just a idler at all in the company, and I was doing nothing all day long, which was too boring.

The only thing worth looking forward to is the afternoon trip to Tongwenguan. We need to sort out our clothes and leave a good impression on the beauties. Generally speaking, there are the most beauties in the foreign language department. Zhong Yang thought with a vulgar look on his face.

The tragic thing is that, putting aside the quantity and quality of foreign language girls in this era, based on Comrade Zhong Yang's personal situation, the possibility of getting a girl is infinitely close to zero.

Unfortunately, our protagonist has no idea about this. He is still immersed in the beautiful yy and cannot extricate himself.

Well, let’s go to work first. Even if you are a free job, it’s not good to be late shortly after you just started working. Zhong Yang, who finally woke up from his daydream, picked up the briefcase on the table and hurried towards the company.

The leisurely work has begun.

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Ah, I finally got off work.

This feels very similar to the life of having classes in college every day, waiting for lunch and waiting for dinner in lunch. People are always not the lazyest, only the lazy ones.

Next, I have to go to the Tongwenguan in the capital. Let’s take a rickshaw, which is too imposing to walk. Zhong Yang thinks this way. In fact, the rickshaw is also very imposing to walk.

When I stepped into Tongwenguan again, I no longer had the special feeling of being here for the first time. Perhaps I had further integrated into this time and space, and Zhong Yang became more and more familiar with everything around me. The only thing that remains unchanged is the longing for the past.

The one who came to receive her was a girl, but Zhong Yang was not satisfied with it at all. Because the girl who came to receive was an older girl, the key was that her appearance and figure were below the average, which really could not match Zhong Yang's aesthetic view. Although she did not put disappointment on her face, the mood that had been excited just now was now falling down.

Putting aside her appearance, the girl's service was quite thoughtful. She had a kind smile, polite greetings, and detailed introduction. Unfortunately, Zhong Yang resolutely judged people by her appearance and ignored the above advantages. She just responded politely for a few words.

Under her guidance, she came to the director's office. She met Professor Wei Hanmin, the director of Tongwen Library and also the director of the Foreign Languages ​​Department of the Jingshi University. After the notice, Zhong Yang met this old teacher who was nearly fifty-year-old with gray hair, black-framed reading glasses, a long robe, and a gentle and majestic smile on her wrinkled face.

After a polite handshake, the conversation began.

"Mr. Zhong Yang, hello, I am Wei Hanmin, the director of Tongwenguan. Welcome to Tongwenguan as a guest." A kind greeting came into my ears, and people couldn't help but feel a unique temperament of a scholar.

"Hello, Director Wei, junior Zhong Yang."

"Haha, come here. Don't be restrained, just be more natural." After saying that, he handed over a cup of hot tea that had just been brewed. Zhong Yang naturally continued in fear and thanked him repeatedly.

As the saying goes, when politeness comes from others, you must have something to ask for. Let’s see what purpose he is for.

"Mr. Zhong Yang, what do you think of our Tongwenguan?"

"Look at what you said, I am your junior, how can I be the word "Mr. I can just call me a little bell."

"Oh, hehe, then I'm not polite. I said Xiao Zhong, what do you think of our Tongwenguan?"

"Well, I think it's good."

"Actually, this is the case. Several of our professors discussed it and felt that your foreign language level is very high and you have mastered a lot of types. Everyone hopes to hire you to teach special foreign languages ​​in the Tongwenguan. Of course, it is a free job and does not require you to teach on time, but is of the nature of extracurricular guidance. It will not take up too much of your time, and I don't know what you think."

"Ah, there is no problem with this." Unexpectedly, someone gave him a pillow just after he was sleepy. He wanted to take the opportunity to see the beautiful girls often. Zhong Yang, who was very happy, quickly agreed. Haha, the outside life should be very wonderful.

Then we discussed the specific matters about taking the Tongwenguan special teaching, and the content was not much. The general requirement was to come here to take a class when the Tongwenguan or the Beijing University School needed it, or be responsible for sorting out some course tutorials and so on. It was also a free time, and there was a silver dollar subsidy for every three classes, which was a good extra benefit.

With a happy plan for a happy future life, Zhong Yang left Tongwenguan with satisfaction and walked towards his apartment.

Suddenly, Zhong Yang slapped his forehead hard: "I'm so dizzy, I'm so fooled, I forgot to talk about my salary!"

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A middle-aged man wearing a brown robe appeared in the office of the director of Tongwenguan.

"Old Wei, how about this boy? Can you fight for it?" the mysterious middle-aged man said to Wei Hanmin.

"This person is still young, but he is sleek and has certainly not firm will. I'm afraid it's difficult to understand the essence of the revolution, and it still needs to be observed for a while."

"Well, the revolution has not been successful yet, and we patriots still need to work hard."

"For the country and the people, I am walking on thin ice, how can I be careless?"

"Then let's observe first. The revolution needs to communicate and discuss with foreign forces. Such talents are indispensable."

"I should do my best to do this."

The conversation ended here. It seems that the small Tongwenguan is also hidden in the tide of the great era. How many unknown secrets are buried?

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During the days when Lihua was working, leisurely was leisurely. However, Zhong Yang was not doing nothing, and he still had to have necessary plans.

The most important thing now is to get the money as soon as possible. As for the solution, it is the 3-yuan stainless steel mechanical watches stored in Yuanjiao Space. In the past few days, Zhong Yang has learned through Chen Ze about several more affordable pawn shops in Beijing. He thought that when he came there, he should be able to exchange a few mechanical watches for a good price. Only with money can we further develop.

After leaving Tongwenguan, Zhong Yang went to the east of Zengyu pawn shop on Xinqiao North Street Road in the east of the city.

According to local old Beijing, there are pawnshop alleys in the area from Dongzhimen to Beixinqiao in Beijing. "The north of Dongzhimen Street Road, and the north of Dongshoubeng Hutong was connected to the east handkerchief alley. It was originally a small alley. The pawnshop alley is located on the street at the south entrance of the alley. The entire picture of the capital of the Qianlong Dynasty had been painted with this alley, and it was named during the Republic of China."

Pawnshops were first born in China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. They were a great contribution to Buddhist temples. They were then called "Shiku". They were an institution that collected movable property as collateral and laid money from the other party. They were formerly called pledge warehouses, liberation warehouses, and also called pledges, and were temporarily operated at a small cost.

Pawnshops are mostly solely owned or jointly operated by private property. Most of them are poor people. The price is generally not more than half of the original price. Interests must be paid when the redemption is redeemed. If the redemption is not redeemed after the expiration of the period, the pawnshop will be sold.

There is a whole set of pawnshops that are different from other businesses. Old-fashioned practitioners, tall counters, and huge "dang" written on the exterior walls of the doors, which always gives people a mysterious feeling of being separated by the world. The old-fashioned pawnshop has a wooden fence in front of the door, which is purely self-defense, not as traditionally said that pawnshops were opened by prison prisoners.

However, in this time and space, local pawnshops in Beijing have successively demolished the flagpole or archway in front of the door that has not changed for many years, competing to imitate the new trend. Without setting up the flagpole archway, a copper three-sided card was made on the lintel of the fence. The board face was hollowed out, and the cloud head was chiseled, and the square victory was a square character. It was shaped like a hanger, called a "cloud card", and the rear was embedded on the lintel and two guises were hung.

A form of usury in old China was a form of exploitation that discounted the value of collateral provided by the borrower, loaned cash, and regularly recovered principal and interest. Pawnshops originated very early. In the Southern Dynasties, temples had already operated loans for mortgages such as clothing. Pawnshops in the Tang Dynasty became a sanitary warehouse. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, some aristocratic bureaucrats built shops, opened residences, sanitary warehouses, and engaged in commercial and usury exploitation. It occupies an important position in the market with the cabinet shop.

At this time, there were more than 200 pawn shops inside and outside the city. At this time, the lives of the young citizens inside and outside the pawn shop were closely related. Among so many pawn shops, the more wealthy ones were Chang, Liu, Dong, Meng and others. The operating capital of these pawn shops was mostly from officials and eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty. To this day, they have long been deeply rooted in the industry.

Every year in the first month of each year, the opening ceremony of pawn shops in Beijing is very interesting. According to the records of people at that time, it is said:

The pawn shop opened during the Spring Festival, which was also a dramatic scene. In the early morning of the second day of the first lunar month, the pawn shops were arranged in order to pay tribute to each other in order to pay tribute to each other. The director of the general was acquainted (a relatively senior professional title in the pawn shop) sent a command to open the pawn shop door. The four doors were wide open, and the abacus shook three-way. At this time, three boys ran into the door (actually arranged to be friends), the first one held a silver ingot, the second one held a large porcelain bottle in his arms, and the third one held a romance in his hand and came in to celebrate the New Year. The three mascots all had a particular point, the first one was the "treasure of the city" (silver ingot);

The second is "peaceful and wishful" and take the "bottle" sound; the third is "auspicious and wishful" and take the "ruyi". Put these mascots behind the counter, and then walk into a guest from outside (the essence has been arranged), wearing purple brocade clothes, holding a pair of yellowish white trousers and waist trousers in hand, and come to pawn. How dare the business staff be negligent? The visitor asked for a price of two taels of silver. The accountant immediately issued an invoice, paid the money, and included it as the first item. Of course, this pants don't need to be redeemed, and it is already enough. The supervisor immediately put the pants into the warehouse as a treasure of the warehouse.

Speaking of pawn shops, many people will also associate it with words such as "finance" and "out of poverty". There is a big "dang" at the door, and there is a high counter inside. The cold shopkeeper stares at the visitor with greedy eyes. The visitor is either a poor man who takes a winter cotton coat for a few days to eat, or a prodigal son who steals his family's jewelry in exchange for squandering capital.

In people's impression, pawn shops are places where poor people go. Once upon a time, pawn shops gave people the impression: "High counters, cold shopkeepers, taking advantage of others' dangers, high interest exploitation..."

In fact, the pawn shop at that time was indeed the case. Even the Zengyu pawn shop, which was recommended by Chen Ze, was only compared to other pawn shops. Simply put, it was not too unintentional, and when exploiting, he also considered the other party’s needs.

Otaku Zhong Yang is naturally powerless to deal with these pawn shop owners who have been cheating in the pawn shop industry all their lives. After being deceived for more than half an hour, he surrendered and died at a "high" price of 160 silver dollars in total for 3 yuan watches, which gave the evil Zengyu pawn shop.

No matter how unhappy you are, you have to swallow your anger. You really need money in urgent need, so don’t be petty about such trivial matters. With Yuan Jiao, you still can’t bear to pay this little money. When my brother becomes rich, you will buy this pawnshop and change it to a toilet! Zhong Yang thought viciously.

Holding 160 silver dollars in your pocket is the stepping stone for your future.

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