When Wei Ran drove the car back to the entrance of Quanyechang in accordance with Jasmine's request, Jasmine put her fingers in her mouth and blew a loud whistle. Within a few seconds, two little cigarette sellers came to blows.

He ran over in a hurry.

"Sister Jasmine, are you buying cigarettes?"

One of the young men who had sold them cigarettes many times before was talking, and he took the initiative to move the cigarette case hanging on his shoulder to the car window, and asked enthusiastically, "Do you still want the Fairy brand?"

"Give me as many packages of fairy cards as you two have here."

Jasmine said, having already taken out a few pieces of gold and threw them into the cigarette case, "In addition, your mute uncle asked me to tell you, be careful in the next few days, and if you encounter any difficulties, go to the cloth shop where Sanguo'er is not working.

Hide. You don’t have to look for the extra money. You should reserve some food in advance.”

"Hey! We remembered it!"

The young man was not polite to Jasmine. As he spoke, he handed all the Fairy cigarettes in his and his companion's cigarette cases to Jasmine along with two packs of matches.

"Sell me all your Qianmen cigarettes and Camel cigarettes."

It was only then that Wei Ran called another cigarette seller over, and like Jasmine, he gave him several silver coins, and with the little guy's gratitude, he bought all the cigarettes in their cigarette case.

Qianmen and Camel cigarettes, as well as several boxes of matches.

After sending away the two young men selling cigarettes, Jasmine signaled Wei Ran to go back, and at the same time took the initiative to explain, "When the mute uncle was in trouble, the lady rewarded him with five oceans, and he relied on the five oceans to make his living.

Started a cigarette selling business.

Later, the mute uncle became the girl's driver. Every month he would find a beggar child, give him five dollars, and teach him how to buy and sell cigarettes."

"Is this the case now?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"Can't"

Jasmine nodded, "Any young man selling cigarettes who buys two packs of cigarettes and gets a pack of matches for free is probably brought by the mute uncle, but he doesn't even want to show his respect for a pack of cigarettes. He still spends money to buy cigarettes himself.

"

After saying that, Jasmine changed the subject without waiting for Wei Ran to speak, "Let's get down to business. The lady is not here. Brother Wei Ran, do you think Canhua should play some music for that brat?"

"That's your nephew, not mine," Wei Ran reminded the other party, half jokingly and half seriously.

"I want to hear your opinion." Jasmine lit another cigarette as she spoke.

Seeing this, Wei Ran, who was in charge of driving, simply lit a cigarette and said in a puff of smoke, "I don't know my cousin's plan, but the love letter shows that it is definitely better to be scattered than to be together."

"What do you mean?" Jasmine looked at Wei Ran strangely.

"Have you never been bribed in these years or Qiushi hasn't been bribed?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"They've all been bribed," Jasmine sighed, "most of them were tabloid reporters."

“It makes the same sense”

Wei Ran slowed down the car slightly, "Let the outside world think that the study apartment is monolithic, it will only make them think that the small building is full of secrets. But it will be different if you take the initiative to open a few holes."

"you mean..."

"Two dollars a day"

Wei Ran stretched out his two fingers and compared them, "Besides, it's the devil's money. If you don't make money, you won't make it in vain. I thought, the devil will definitely come to Canhua to ask questions. Shouldn't it be over if we just show off?"

What the Japs knew through Canhua's mouth at that time was what we wanted him to know."

"But what if it's exposed?" Jasmine still felt sorry for her nephew after all, "If it's exposed, wouldn't Canhua be in danger?"

"When the time comes, can't we just deal with Canhua first before the Japanese?"

Wei Ran replied without any psychological pressure, "We just need to hide Canhua well, and then release the news that he betrayed the lady and was sunk in the Haihe River. If you don't believe it, just go and ask under the Haihe River! Anyway, in the Haihe River

There are some old bastards waiting for extra food."

Before Wei Ran could finish his words, Jasmine already laughed out loud, and then nodded in approval and said, "What you said makes sense. I'll talk to Canhua when we get back."

"The words must be seven percent true and three percent false."

Wei Ran reminded him with a puff of smoke, "It can also be nine percent real and one percent fake. The more real components there are, the more lethal the fake ones will be. Little brother Canhua seems to be an honest person, but the more he is like this

If you are honest, the lies you tell will be easier for others to believe."

"I'll just take it as you praising him," Jasmine said, but she laughed again.

While chatting, I returned to the Xuqing Letter Apartment. The workers who arrived early in the morning were still building the flower beds that blocked the basement windows. On one side of the courtyard near the north wall, there was now a row of six paintings.

There are large glazed water tanks with lotus patterns. Each of these water tanks is large enough for two adults to sit in and take a bath.

But the water tank was already planted with lotus flowers and plants dug from nowhere, and a fishmonger whom I had seen before at Sanguo'er was putting lively carps and loaches in it.

"Miss has been hungry"

Jasmine said before opening the car door, "I, Yang Ma, Qiushi, Cao Duba, including the young lady all have to eat, have all been hungry, and are afraid of hunger. What about you? Have you ever been hungry?"

"Ah..."

Wei Ran swallowed subconsciously. Although he didn't say anything, Jasmine already got the answer.

"Just put the things in the back seat in the car first." After saying this, Jasmine opened the car door, then walked around to the back of the car, and took out the cigarettes, wine, tea and candies bought at Sanguo'er from the trunk.

Entered the small building.

By the time Wei Ran backed the car into the garage, Jasmine had already closed the door of the small building. At this time, there was only a large basin of sour plum soup with ice cubes and watermelon soaked in water in a bucket.

Only Cao Muba, who was holding the teapot and supervising the work, was left.

Bao Yuan took the initiative and gave half of the Camel cigarettes bought by Bao Yuan to Cao Duba. The latter grinned with an honest smile, then tore open two packs of cigarettes and scattered them to the workers.

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! While the workers were smoking, Wei Ran also walked around the small courtyard. After half a day of work, a circle of flower beds covering the basement windows has been almost completed.

, at this time, workers were leveling the outside of the flower bed with cement and inlaying various geometric patterns with small pebbles.

According to the current progress, I am afraid that all the work will be completed by the evening. I went to the flower bed with the ventilation holes hidden. Not only did it block the basement windows, but the flower bed was even connected to the courtyard wall.

Together, it not only covered the original flower bed and iron fence, but also the large water tank with lotus and goldfish was wrapped in the flower bed.

Wei Ran fed the colorful big parrot some nuts. After trying to stroke the parrot's wings but almost getting bitten, Wei Ran decisively turned around and returned to the first floor.

Miss Mei Xiang was not here, so the lunch cooked by Yang Ma was relatively simple. It consisted of a few refreshing cold dishes and a pile of hot pancakes, which was no different from what the workers who had left their meals had to eat.

Although this lunch is ordinary for Wei Ran, Jasmine and others, it is a rare and good meal for both Tao Canhua and the workers hiding in the shadow of the courtyard wall, eating around square tables and large carts.

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After finishing the hot summer lunch with a "big cake and everything" method, Cao Duba was the first to leave the small building and distributed a few more packs of cigarettes to the workers, while Wei Ran helped Yang's mother clear the dining table.

As for Tao Canhua, as early as when he was eating, he was taught over and over again how to deal with the Japanese Zeda by Jasmine. After finishing the meal, he didn't even have time to rest, so he was taken to the second floor by Jasmine to continue the emergency training.

With nothing to do, Wei Ran simply went back to the room and took a look around. When he came out, he already had a Rollei camera in his hand.

With a cigarette in his mouth, he took several contemporary photos of the busy workers. He also mingled with them through the camel cigarettes he handed out from time to time.

Towards evening, all the work was finished. Cao Duba paid each worker enough wages and gave them two extra watermelons to eat on the way back before letting them go.

At six o'clock in the evening, Guan Bingwen, a young man who had met at the dance before, came over on a bicycle.

"Is Miss Meixiang here?" the young man asked after Wei Ran opened the courtyard door.

"Not here, what happened?" Jasmine asked loudly at the door of the small building while turning on the porch light.

"Teacher Feng's car broke down"

Guan Bingwen, who was standing at the door of the small courtyard with his pusher, said anxiously, "He asked me to borrow Miss Meixiang's car for use. Teacher Huang is anxious to go back to her parents' house to have a look and will definitely return it tomorrow morning."

"I'll go find the mute uncle to get the key for you, but you have to drive carefully." Jasmine said from a distance, "Our lady may come back at some time, so you must return the car tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Sister Jasmine!"

As Guan Bingwen said this, he had already pushed his bicycle into the yard and parked it against the wall. "I will definitely bring the bike back at dawn tomorrow, and I will fill it with gas by then."

"wait a moment"

Jasmine said, turning around and getting into the small building, while Wei Ran glanced at the milky white car in the garage without leaving a trace. He remembered clearly that there was still lunch in the back compartment of the car.

Those mysterious cloth rolls I bought from the cloth shop I didn't care about back then.

Without waiting for long, Cao Yuba drove the car directly from the garage out of the yard, then opened the door and gave up the driving seat to Guan Bingwen, while making babbling gestures.

"Don't worry, Uncle Cao"

Guan Bingwen had already sat in the driver's seat as he spoke, "I will definitely not bump into it. I will send it back at dawn tomorrow!"

Before he finished speaking, Guan Bingwen drove the car, which seemed to have something he forgot to take out, and disappeared in a flash.

He glanced at Jasmine who seemed to be sizing him up with his peripheral vision, but Wei Ran was still not overly curious. Instead, after bolting the courtyard door, he went straight into his room and continued to finish his daily pack of cigarettes at the front door, cigarette after cigarette.

Smoking mission.

There was nothing to say all night. When it was just dawn on the morning of the 27th, Guan Bingwen sent the car back. There was even a bamboo chicken cage containing seven old hens in the trunk of the car.

"This was given to Miss Meixiang by Teacher Feng's mother-in-law," Guan Bingwen said as he moved out the chicken coop filled with old hens, "Mother Yang, where should I put it?"

"He...there's no way to raise chickens in this courtyard."

Yang Ma looked around, and finally pointed helplessly to the corner of the courtyard wall on the side of the entrance and said, "Just put it there first."
To be continued...