The small private room Ai Qingshan chose was also very particular. It faced the street. When the window was opened, the view was wide. Below the window was the lively street.
Once there is danger, jump directly from the window, easily blend into the crowd on the street, and then run away.
Because there are alleys on both sides of the street, he just went to inspect the nearby terrain. He would not base his own safety on others.
Even if the other party is Bai Yulan's husband, necessary precautions should still be taken.
The sound of footsteps came.
Ai Qingshan, who was drinking tea, gently put down the teacup in his hand, raised his head, and looked at the door.
Zhou Sen stood at the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Old classmate, I'm here."
"Please come in."
Hearing someone answer inside, which was very similar to the voice he heard on the phone, Zhou Sen reached out and pushed, revealing a crack in the door, and then used a little more strength to push the entire door open.
Ai Qingshan also stood up.
Zhou Sen met the other party's gaze with a smile and walked in: "Shanzi, I haven't seen you for a long time and I don't even recognize you. Why have you aged so much?"
"Yes, yes, you haven't changed at all, you are still so handsome!" Ai Qingshan was shocked by Zhou Sen's youth and handsome face.
Standing next to Bai Yulan, she is a talented and beautiful woman. Compared with him, she is an ugly duckling and a white swan. No wonder people have always been cold to me.
"We're on my property, so I can treat you to a treat. I've already made arrangements. The food will be served soon." Zhou Sen said with a smile, "We'll have a drink soon."
"Okay, okay..." Ai Qingshan said two good words in a row to cover up his lack of words at this moment.
"Brother Ai, you are Yu Lan's senior brother. Do you mind if I call you Senior Brother Ai like her?" Zhou Sen asked.
"Of course, you are Junior Sister Xiaolan's husband, that is, my sister-in-law." Ai Qingshan nodded.
"Xiaolan's parents died young, and you, my senior brother, took care of you when you were young. I would like to say thank you here."
"Mr. Zhou, you're welcome. Senior brother should take care of his junior sister."
"Senior Brother Ai calls me so vividly, let's call him Xiao Sen. Yu Lan also calls me the same at home." Zhou Sen said.
"Okay, Komori."
"That's right." Zhou Sen chuckled, "I heard that Senior Brother Ai came to Bingcheng to do business. I don't know what kind of business it is. I still have some connections in Bingcheng. Maybe I can be of some help? "
"Oh, I'm just a small business, I'm not an elegant person, you won't look down on me." Ai Qingshan said hurriedly.
"Businesses are big or small. Small businesses can also become big industries. Don't underestimate small businesses." Zhou Sen said with a smile, "How many multi-millionaires started from small businesses and slowly accumulated small amounts to make a fortune." If you do more, you will become a rich man."
"I just do some medicinal materials business. I buy them from medicinal collectors and then sell them to medicinal materials merchants, making a little profit in the process."
"If this business is done well, you can become a medicine dealer. Didn't Yu Lan tell you? We have an orthopedic hospital under our name. You know that the Bai family's wound medicine is very powerful. I want to do this right now." The quality control of these medicinal materials is very important to promote the medicine as a medicine and benefit the people. Senior Brother Ai, are you interested in cooperating?" Zhou Sen said as if he was thirsty for talents.
"This..." Ai Qingshan looked embarrassed, almost like "constipation". He said that he was in the business of buying "medicinal materials" as an intermediary, but that was just a casual comment, and it was not true.
"I will get the medicinal materials directly from you. You are my own family, and you will not be like those unscrupulous medicinal dealers who sell inferior medicines. As long as the quality is good, the price is not a problem. The money will also fall into my family's pockets. Especially some precious Chinese medicinal materials, which are found in deep mountains and old forests, are not easy to obtain. In addition, some medicinal material dealers only care about making money and do not know how to prepare them. They have lost all their good medicinal properties. It is a pity... "Zhou Sen sighed.
Ai Qingshan was moved by what he said. They were wandering around in the deep mountains and old forests. Digging for herbs was not just a casual matter. If they could sell them at a high price and generate income, it would also solve part of the army's financial problems.
Of course, it pales in comparison to the funding gap, but even a little bit of income is good.
Moreover, he can also do this acquisition business and earn the price difference from it, and the profit will be objective. It's not that they have never done it before, but it was only in a small way, and the medicinal material merchants lowered the price, so the profit was too meager.
They have no bargaining power and no safe and stable sales channels. If they sell this kind of piecemeal, they will not make much money.
If there is such a stable and safe channel, it is a good way to open up sources of funds.
But is this possible? Even if he is Bai Yulan's husband, this man is still wearing black leather. Can he believe it? Ai Qingshan was unsure for a moment and did not dare to agree easily.
"Senior Brother Ai, think about it, don't agree in a hurry. I think you have a group of people who will follow you to make a living. Although you are the leader, you can't make the decision without permission, right? Go back to discuss, discuss, business, how can it be done? The reason for not taking care of your own family." Zhou Sen said.
Just here, Xiaohai came in to serve food.
Braised sea cucumber with green onions, nine-turn fatty sausage, braised fish fillet, Pipa tofu...
Four dishes and one soup.
Although there are not many dishes, the portions are sufficient, and the styles and tastes are exquisite. Then there is the shochu and sweet potato sautéed by the home winery. Zhou Sen gave him a wine named "Bingyan".
This wine is cold and sweet in the mouth, but when it enters the stomach, it immediately becomes like a blazing fire, hence the name "Ice Flame".
This Su family's shochu has changed its owner, slightly improved the craftsmanship, changed its name, made the packaging more exquisite, and made it into high, medium and low grades, it will be completely different.
At least among the diners in the "Shiweitian" restaurant area, "Bingyan" wine has become the first choice for everyone to treat guests to dinner.
"Come on, Senior Brother Ai, Zhou Sen respects you!" As a landlord, Zhou Sen naturally has to fulfill his duties as a landlord and respect the guests first.
Faced with Zhou Sen's enthusiasm, Ai Qingshan couldn't resist. He picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Zhou Sen. Seeing Zhou Sen drink it down in one gulp, he was embarrassed to only drink half of it, so he drank the wine in one gulp.
"Come on, I'll fill it up for Senior Brother Ai!"
Ai Qingshan is actually not a bad drinker, but when he met Zhou Sen, he drank three drinks, then three more, and soon his cheeks were flushed and his eyes were still wandering.
This "Bing Yan" wine is delicious, but it has a long lasting power. Generally, it should be sipped slowly and carefully. If you drink it in a hurry, you will get drunk easily.
Zhou Sen was used to drinking his own wine, so he naturally knew its characteristics, so he was somewhat resistant. But Ai Qingshan had never drunk it before, and the wine was not good enough for three rounds, so he was knocked down.
Ai Qingshan was actually sober at the beginning, but as time went by, he became more and more unable to hold on. It wasn't that he was greedy for drinks, but that Zhou Sen was trying his best to toast and persuade him to drink. He couldn't do it without drinking, and even Uncle Chang knew he was coming Zhou Sen met Zhou Sen, so he still had some trust. By the end of the drink, he fell drunk.
The quality of wine shows one's character. Why didn't Zhou Sen use this method to establish his strong position and test this "Eagle Seven" senior brother?
"Sir, this..." Xiao Hai came in and was a little surprised to see Ai Qingshan, who was lying drunk on the table and sleeping soundly.
"Find a room, help him over, and when he wakes up, give this to him." Zhou Sen took out a sealed kraft paper envelope from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Hai, explaining.
"Yes, sir." Xiao Hai came over, lifted Ai Qingshan up and walked outside.
"Brother Sen, I asked you to toast me with a glass of wine. Look, you knocked people down..." Qin Lang came in from the outside and happened to see Xiao Hai carrying Ai Qingshan out.
"We haven't seen him for a long time. He drank too much. Let's sober up here. Then, he can just leave on his own. Don't worry about him." Zhou Sen ordered.
"Brother Sen, is your classmate old enough?"
"He is very mature, but he is actually one year older than me." Zhou Sen explained with a smile.
"You can't tell, don't worry, I will arrange for someone to take good care of him." Qin Lang nodded with a click of his tongue.
"Okay, I'll leave first. There's still something to do at the police station."
…
Back at the police station, Zhou Sen originally wanted to go to the infectious disease hospital to see Natasha, but he also drank a lot at noon and became too drunk.
As a result, it was time to get off work as soon as I slept in the office. It was obvious that I couldn't go to the hospital, so I had to go home first.
However, Anna said that she received a call from Yamamoto Satoshi, saying that Natasha's condition was better today than yesterday.
The fever has basically gone away, but there is still some cough. I am still taking medicine, and I expect to recover soon.
But there is another situation, that is, some of the people who were identified as being in contact with the "case" became ill, and others who were not in close contact with him also became ill, but some of the people who were in contact with the person who later became ill also became ill.
But overall it's still within control.
The city government has also invested a lot of manpower and material resources to seal off the streets where cases were found, prohibit people from taking to the streets, and disinfect the streets.
For a time, people in the Pier District where Coats Street was located were panicked, and the streets became much more desolate.
Another day passed.
The sun rises from the east in the early morning, and the entire city is bathed in glow. A vitality rises from every corner of the city.
People who get up early have already started a new day of work, busy and hard.
Newspapers are full of all kinds of articles that glorify the Japanese and the puppet Manchukuo authorities. Many of them need to be looked at in reverse, that is the truth.
"Good morning, uncle!" Zhou Sen got up early and was practicing holding his breath when Chang Bo walked past him and greeted him with a smile.
Zhou Sen raised his hand and waved.
"You have been self-isolating for two days. If you were infected, you would have been infected a long time ago. You should be fine, right?" Chang Bo said.
"Phew!" Zhou Sen raised his head and reached out to touch the drops of water on his face, "Not yet. The work I am currently responsible for involves the risk of contact with plague patients. It will take a while."
"Uncle, can't you turn down this job? You have family matters, so you can't always sleep separately from the lady?" Chang Bo said, "I don't know, it's because something happened to you."
"I can't be so selfish, and I don't dare to take this risk. Yu Lan and the child in my belly are very important to me. Their safety is paramount." Zhou Sen smiled, "I don't live in a Yard, how do others know what happened between us and our husband?"
"Hey, I can't help you."
"Okay, I'm going to work, Uncle Chang, please watch more and don't let Yu Lan run around!" Zhou Sen wiped the water droplets on his face.
"Miss, let me ask, how was your conversation with Ai Qingshan?"
“We felt like old friends at first sight!”
