What was Shanghai like before?

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Bang (Aiduoya Road, now Yan 'an Road) is a British concession in the north, a French concession in the south, and a Japanese concession in Hongkou. There are in the concession.

Several trams are run by foreigners. Heather Road, which is run only by China people, goes around the city wall and is called the China tram. give in

If you want to get a good tram, you should know the tricks, otherwise you will be confused. The conductor wants to steal money in this way: for example, you want to

Take five stops and give the conductor five cents when you get on the bus. He has the money and won't give you the ticket for the time being. It's two stops before I give it to you.

Three-point ticket, take care of you: "get on at the third stop!" " "The people who took the tram for the first time were puzzled and felt that I was obviously the first stop.

Get on. What do you say I get on at the third stop? It turned out that he had rubbed twenty cents of oil. If you reason with him, he will be great.

We are all from China, so don't let the profits overflow! He stole money in this way, keeping his eyes on the window.

Is there a ticket inspector coming? Because once found out, a penny will be fined 100. They called the ticket inspector a "red man". So is the red guy.

China people, but loyal to foreign businessmen. He found that a scalper had embezzled money, immediately put the figures on his hat and went back to the factory for detention.

Salary. One day, a villager came to Shanghai for the first time. I accompanied her on the tram and bought a ticket with 50 cents, but only gave her 20 cents. just right

A young man in red got on the bus and asked the villagers where they got on the bus. She said it and the conductor winked at her. She added, "You are blinking.

Eyes! "When the man in red heard these words, he copied the number on the conductor's hat.

There were no tricycles in Shanghai at that time, only rickshaws. Rickshaw can only take one person and be pulled by the driver on foot, as before.

The sedan chair is similar. There are two kinds of rickshaws: "British note" and "small note", which can only walk on the border of China, but not.

Into the concession. British paper money can circulate freely in Shanghai. This kind of worker is really the most bitter. Because of minor traffic violations,

You will be beaten by the traffic police. The road policemen in the British Concession are all Indians, wearing red cloth on their heads, and everyone calls them "Red Head Sam". French concession

Are sons of Annan and Dai Li. These are the enemies of rickshaw pullers. They often eat "foreign ham".

"Five cigars" means a kick and a slap. Foreigners are drunk and driving, rampaging and desperate.

The most bitter is the rickshaw driver. Because of his heavy burden, he is not easy to avoid, so he is often knocked down by cars. I have seen foreigners with my own eyes.

The rickshaw driver was killed by a car, and he never dared to ride a rickshaw in the concession again.

The sinister social life in old Shanghai was famous. Before I went to Shanghai, I heard people say "Shanghai".

I owe my tongue. "That is to say, if you open your mouth and yawn, your tongue will be cut off. This is one of the bad guys in society.

More, we must be extremely vigilant. It was once said that a man was walking in the street and saw a three-or four-year-old child fall down.

Nobody cared when I handed it in, and I cried. This man has a conscience, so he quickly helped him up, wiped his tears and asked him where his home was.

Want to send him back. Suddenly a woman came up, put her arms around the child, touched his hand and said, "Where's your golden lock?"

Yes! "He took the man, claimed that he stole it, and insisted that he pay compensation. ..... whether this really happened is still unknown. In short, people

The sinister intentions can be imagined.

Pickpockets are famous products in Shanghai. The slogan "Beware of pickpockets" can be seen everywhere in trams and roads. Live in the country

People are used to being careless. When they first arrived in Shanghai, they were often stripped naked. Once, I was almost stripped naked: I took two children, in Al Joffrey Street.

Trams such as Pei intersection (now the intersection of Huaihai Middle Road and Shaanxi South Road) first changed a dollar with the cigarette paper shop, and there were a bunch of banknotes in the wallet.

White. The tram arrived. I first pushed the two children into the car and followed them. Suddenly, I felt a hand in my pocket. I

With my arm around this hand, I dragged the man into the car. I hurried into the car and sat down, afraid to go back.

Look at that. As soon as the tram arrived at the station, the man got off at once. I stole a look, but I saw that the man was juryman and quickly squeezed into the crowd. no

See you later. People in old Shanghai taught me to deal with it this way: when you meet pickpockets, you must avoid losses and never take it to heart.

Male ... otherwise he thinks you want to arrest him, and he must ask you to "eat your life", that is, follow you, beat you up, or invite you to dinner.

Knife. I have lived in Shanghai for many years, and I have only received this false alarm, and I have never lost it. Once, a friend and I took a rickshaw on Nanjing Road.

Walking, suddenly a man came out of the alley and took this friend's copper basin hat away. This friend shouted to stop the car to catch the thief, and the thief had stopped.

Know where to go. This hat is new and worth several dollars. Another time, in winter, a friend came from the countryside and sent it.

Live in our school. One night, when he came back from the theater, his fur robe and silk coat disappeared, and he was freezing to death.

This is called "skinning pigs". That hat grab is called "throwing the palace roof".

Prostitutes are another property in Shanghai. I haven't been to a prostitute, and I don't know the details at all, but I heard that prostitutes have a "third year".

"Yao 'er", "Pheasant" and so on. In the third year, it is higher, and the pheasant is lower. Are concentrated in the area of Simia Road. Entrance?

There are glass lamps with the words "Lin Daiyu" and "Xue Baochai" written on them. The pheasant, accompanied by his wife, came to the road to pull.

Guest. In the vicinity of Tibet Road and Simi Road, in the evening, pheasants appear in droves on the bystander road, looking for pedestrians. They pulled it out.

A guest, pulled in, insisted that he stay; If the guest refuses to stay, just give her a dollar and she will let you go.

This is called "two feet in the door, one out of the bag". I want to have a look. One night, I asked three or four friends to form a group.

When I walked to the intersection of Tibet, I saw those pheasants, oily, oily, dressed in strange clothes and coquetry, which were actually a group of ghosts.

Teach people to be afraid. However, some people are willing to be dragged in for the night. It's called shooting pheasants. Once, I was at

Walking on the fourth street, a soft voice came from my ear: "I miss Allah's own body, my own house ..." Looking back, it was a.

A man. I ran away, but he didn't chase me. It is said that this kind of man is called "tortoise" and works for prostitutes. I don't know.

What kind of prostitute is it? In a word, Si Ma Lu is a prostitute's world. It's best not to find someone who leads an honest and clean life. But on Sima Road are violets.

It is safe to eat tea and see prostitutes in the pavilion. They are all accompanied by pimps. When they went upstairs, they saw a female guest accompanying the tea drinker.

She glanced at her to show jealousy; Seeing a single man sitting drinking tea, I went to accompany him and chatted with him in order to attract business.

Shanghai's playground is another smoky place. At that time, there were four amusement parks in Shanghai, and the big two were big stones.

World, new world; Two small: the world of flowers and the small world. The world is the most famous. Twenty cents for a ticket, you can get it from

Play until midnight at noon. I saw the "haha mirror" as soon as I entered the door. Many uneven mirrors sometimes look like human bodies.

Luffa, sometimes flat like a crab, sometimes upside down, sometimes split left and right ... everyone laughed. Internal mode

There are many kinds: Beijing Opera, Cantonese Opera, Shanghai Opera, Pingju Opera ... There are movies, juggling, roulette, spaceship riding and touching.

Lottery tickets, riddles, various restaurants and roof gardens. In short, there is everything. People from the countryside, look at the playground.

Create a paradise. I went in to play several times, but I dare not go again. Because I am afraid of hot towels. It's everywhere here

The man in a white apron is holding a big plate with many hot towels twisted into a ball. Everyone will give one, he insisted.

After he finished cleaning, he received a copper coin. Some people take this hot towel, blow their noses first, and then wipe their faces and necks.

Wipe your neck, wipe your upper body, then pull out your belt and wipe your waist, hoping to wipe your ass. He made full use of this copper coin.

The man took the wiped towel back, threw it in the bucket, washed it with hot water, twisted it, put it on the plate, and then punished it.

Send, change copper coins. These hot towels contain people's noses, dirty eyes, spit and sweat, as if they were multivitamins. Wonu

Try to avoid hot towels, but you can't. Because it's everywhere, in corridors, in roof gardens. When I have to, I just

Give him a coin and run away quickly. This hot towel makes me afraid to go to the playground again. This reminds me of Zhuangzi in the West Lake.

Tea tray: Take a boat trip to the West Lake, and the boatman will definitely guide you to visit Zhuangzi. Liu Zhuang, Songzhuang, Gaozhuang, Jiangzhuang and Tangzhuang, in the building.

Taiwan Province Pavilion, from each according to his ability. However, as soon as you entered Zhuangzi, someone brought you a tea tray and asked you to sit down and drink tea. Tea costs at least twenty cents. if

You sit down to drink, and he takes out a cake bowl. Please have a snack. If you give him a peanut, you should give him at least four.

Horn. Every Zhuangzi is so unbearable for tourists. If you eat tea everywhere, drinking tea is much more expensive than taking a boat. So I can only watch.

Run at the sight of the tea tray. However, the man shouted at the back: "Guest, tea is ready!" " "You run away, he will curse behind his back. Used to express unhappiness or annoyance.

Kill the scenery! So those of us who are used to visiting the West Lake are afraid of going to Zhuangzi. It is best to relax in the long chairs in Bai Causeway and Su Causeway.

Sitting down in Pinghu, Qiuyue and other places, looking at the lakes and mountains, or eating a bowl of tea, is very quiet and peaceful.

Let's talk about pickpockets and abductions in Shanghai amusement parks, which are different from others. One winter night, I happened to be with my friends.

Friends travel around the world and see a scene with their own eyes. Once a magic trick was performed in a venue, and many people looked around. cheat

Then everyone got separated, and a man cried out in surprise. It turned out that the back of his satin squirrel skin robe was cut off.

Big ones. This man is tall, his robes are long and wide, and his pieces are two or three feet square. Satin and fur are very valuable.

Money. The man walked out of the playground empty-handed and was greeted by a burst of laughter. This scene can still appear in front of my eyes.

Before.

My mother comes from the countryside. One day I accompanied her to the playground. I saw a long lottery booth in front.

Bench, let's sit on the bench and have a rest. I saw a man come to the lottery, paid a dime and drew a card from the spool.

Zilai: "A thermos." The man took a brand-new thermos bottle and left with a smile. Then there was another person.

Come, also a dime, touched an enamel washbasin and walked away with a smile. My mother was jealous and went to the lottery. first

Touch, a candy; The second touch, a biscuit; The third touch is another candy. Triangular money bought two sweets and a biscuit.

We left. Later, we turned around and came to this booth. I saw the thermos and dough I just touched.

The two men in the basin are sitting inside, talking and laughing.

At that time, Shanghai was called "the paradise of adventurers" by foreigners, and its content can be imagined. What I described above is really not.

But this is just the skin. I thought of another clever scam to end my story: Sanma Road and Guangxi Road.

There are two pear paste shops nearby, which live next to each other and are called "God knows". There is a big photo hanging in it. The photo

A turtle. These two shops are run by two brothers. Their father invented pear cream, saying it was a good medicine for resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

It is widely sold and profitable. After my father died, the two brothers fought for this old shop, saying that it was my father's secret recipe. struggle

Hang in there and complain to Shanghai County. Officials can't break it. The two brothers went to the city god temple and swore, "whoever lies is a turtle!" " Is it true?/You don't say.

God knows! "So everyone opened a shop, named" God knows ",with a turtle hanging in it. It was published in all the newspapers in Shanghai.

This matter is well known. Ports all over the country come to wholesale this pear paste. Foreigners must buy two bottles of pear cream when they come to Shanghai.

The two brothers are prosperous in business and rich in money, and both have become rich. The two brothers went to court and knelt in front of the Chenghuang Temple. On the surface,

Enemies, but actually very harmonious. They cleverly came up with this scam to sell their goods, and sure enough, everyone made a fortune.

1972

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