frightfiction Chapter 301 Rickshaw Puller Incident
Chapter 301 Rickshaw Puller Incident
After dinner, he sent Mohui and the others back to Yueya Hutong, and Lin Ze also returned home.
When the two sisters saw him coming back, they chattered, "Master, there was a woman who came to our place and gave us several rolls of cloth and some silk. I thought they were great! At first I didn't dare to accept them, but then the woman said that it was Shopkeeper Duan who sent them. But we didn't know Shopkeeper Duan, so she said that it was your business, so we kept them. Do you think we should send them back?"
Lin Ze smiled and touched Ruoxue's head, "It is indeed our family's business. Keep it. The weather is getting hot. You two can make a few single clothes."
People in later generations who are used to online shopping all day long may not understand the significance of making new clothes for girls in this era.
Most girls from ordinary families will probably only have two opportunities to wear new clothes in their lifetime: one is the wedding dress, and the other may be the clothes for their funeral.
Not everyone can enjoy such treatment. Many people don’t even have new clothes to wear, let alone old clothes.
Nowadays people wear clothes with patches, and according to Lin Ze's observation, women's clothes have far more patches than men's.
Because men were the main labor force at that time, a family would definitely not be able to survive without men. When men went out, they must make slightly better clothes. If men did hard work, the fabric would wear out quickly. If there was any cloth at home, it had to be used by him.
Therefore, nowadays women from lower-income families often have to put up with patches on top of patches.
The patches are not new cloth. They are collected by cutting a piece here and a piece there.
Now Xiyue and Ruoxue have no worries about food and clothing, and their living standards are definitely far higher than most people, but the joy of being able to make new clothes is still indelible.
Lin Ze coughed and took out the two bracelets rewarded by the system.
He didn't have much appreciation for this stuff. The system said it was imperial green, so it must be real. He took it out and looked at it in the sun, and it was indeed quite green.
"Here, keep this thing. Wear it if you want. If you don't want to wear it, keep it as a family heirloom."
The two sisters had never come into contact with any jewelry, but good things are good things, you don’t need to understand, you can understand it at a glance.
Xiyue, who had always been reluctant to let Lin Ze spend money, did not refuse this time and took it and held it in her arms.
She didn't want any bracelet; what she valued was the word "family heirloom" that Lin Ze said.
The two sisters were in tune with each other. Ruoxue understood her sister's thoughts and said with a smile, "Master, how can we pass on the family business without children?"
Looking at Xiyue, who had tears in her eyes but a smile on her face, and then at the naughty, cute and youthful Ruoxue, Lin Ze held one in each hand.
"Give birth! Give birth to eight or ten of them!"
It seems that the two sisters really moved Lin Ze. Although he was on the verge of collapse today, he fought again and again, grasped the key parts, insisted on the center orientation, fully released the vitality, and even took the initiative to open up new channels, master new methods, and open up new ideas, and effectively pushed this project to a new peak.
Lin Ze's treatment was once again improved. Simply put, as long as the two sisters could do it for him, they would never let him do it. When he had dinner in the evening, the wine was imported and the food was delivered directly to his mouth. If he wanted to eat something, he just gave a look and the chopsticks would pick it up for him.
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A few days of leisurely days passed. On this day in early May, when Lin Ze was about to go out to work, he saw Lao Gao's car speeding into the alley. The car braked suddenly in front of him, and before he could stop, Lao Gao opened the door and got out.
"Shengmin! Quick! Get your people to the Temple of Heaven! There's an accident at the tram repair factory!"
Lin Ze was stunned by what he said, "Tram repair factory? What could happen there? Did the factory explode? Director, we have to contact the Fire Department about this. Our people don't know how to put out fires."
Gao Shengping took out a crumpled police tram ticket and threw it to the ground in frustration, "This is all because of this! Let's go! If we go too late, those drivers might really blow up the tram factory! It's too late, get on the bus!"
Lin Ze got into Niu Saner's car and went to the police station to gather all the men. He also called each patrol station and asked them to send people to the tram repair factory near the Temple of Heaven.
After coming out of the police station, Lao Gao insisted on taking Lin Ze into his car. On the way, Lin Ze finally figured out what was going on.
The tram company gave away too many tickets, and the ticket prices have been lowered year after year, so the rickshaw pullers' business is getting worse and worse. I don't know what suddenly instigated them, but early this morning, they surrounded the tram repair factory!
This doesn't sound like a big deal. It's just rickshaw pullers making trouble. Just disperse them.
But the actual situation was not like this. Starting from the morning, rickshaw pullers all over the city of Peking called out to each other and discussed how to go to the tram repair factory.
You know, there are more than 40,000 registered rickshaw pullers in Peking alone!
This is only the registered ones, not including those who bought or leased cars and secretly worked without paying taxes.
Although the rickshaw pullers include old people and children, they are mainly young and middle-aged men. If these people get together and their emotions are ignited, smashing the tram repair factory is no big deal. But if they are still not satisfied after that, who knows where they will go?
In the car, Gao Shengping looked solemn, "Shengmin, it is said that the front army headquarters has ordered the Nanyuan barracks to gather. We must persuade these drivers to leave, otherwise..."
Otherwise, the Japanese would start a killing spree, and it would be hard to say how many people would die.
When we arrived, we saw that the open space to the north of the Temple of Heaven and to the east of the Goldfish Pond was filled with rickshaws and rickshaw drivers.
This place was originally very empty, but now it is incredibly crowded and noisy.
"Cancel the free tickets! We want to eat!"
“Stop adding more lines and reduce taxes on drivers!”
Lin Ze's face darkened. Why was there still someone leading the group in shouting slogans?
All the members of the detective team also came, with Jiao Zhenguo taking the lead and looking at the crowd without saying a word.
Patrolmen and detectives had formed a human wall to block the crowd from advancing toward the tram repair factory.
But everyone is paid, so there is no need to risk their lives. Faced with thousands of angry rickshaw pullers, these patrolmen and detectives kept retreating.
Gao Shengping's face was covered in sweat. "Those of you with weapons, keep an eye on your guns! You must not shoot! No shooting!"
If the gunshot could scare the crowd away, it would be fine. But if it fails and instead sets them on fire, the hundreds of detectives and patrolmen on the scene will not be enough to be hit by the punches of these drivers!
Just at this moment, people from the gendarmerie headquarters and the administrative committee finally arrived.
Colonel Matsuzaki got out of the car with a gloomy look, and when he saw this scene, he narrowed his eyes immediately.
"How long will it take for the troops from the front army to arrive?"
Kitahara Ransuke beside him whispered, "We've already contacted them. The soldiers from the Nanyuan Barracks have already assembled and are ready to march over at any time."
Colonel Matsuzaki took a deep breath and said, "Try to solve the problem before they come. If you can't solve it..."
At this point, he said in a grim tone: "If you can't solve it, then let them deal with the situation here."
Such a serious public security incident must have been the result of serious dereliction of duty by the gendarmerie headquarters. Colonel Matsuzaki, who was at a critical moment in his promotion, was very annoyed.