Chapter 136 Looking Forward to Being with You

When he came to the town, Jiang Hao parked his car in front of a painting shop.

He is a painter, at least his current identity is a painter, a painter has to do what a painter should do, so he needs to buy some painting tools.

Jiang Hao has absorbed all the knowledge and abilities of this movie character, and he can paint now. As for this guy's level, art cannot be measured by common sense, anyway, he thinks so.

Jiang Hao doesn't care about Classicism, Impressionism, Fauvism.

Just come to a coercion party.

I walked into the painting shop and began to choose tools. Canvas, picture frames, paints, brushes, palettes, oil painting knives, and turpentine were all in a mess. The boss was already happy and smiling. As long as Jiang Hao clicked on something, he would take it down immediately.

In the past, painters often came to collect scenery in the town. Unfortunately, the war broke out. Now there are very few painters. The business of the painting shop is very small. Today, a big customer finally came, and the boss is naturally happy.

Finally, the selection is made. The boss settles the account. It costs more than 700 lire. I have to say that painting is really a very expensive thing.

No wonder some painters could not even afford canvases and oil paints when they were poor.

"20% off, to Federer's house by the sea." Jiang Hao said.

The boss said with a bitter face: "The 20% discount is less, I can give you a 20% discount."

Jiang Hao stood up, looked at the boss and said, "If you agree, I will pay the bill. If you disagree, I will leave immediately. You choose."

It's too difficult to meet a big customer, the boss twisted his neck and struggled for a long time, "Okay, 20% off, I hope you will come to me to buy again next time."

Jiang Hao said with a smile, "I'm going to live here for a long time, so I have to come here."

The boss is happy all of a sudden, and can catch a long-term customer, which is very beneficial to his business.

"If you need it, you can call me, and I will send it to you directly."

After paying the bill, saying goodbye to the owner of the painting shop, Jiang Hao did not go home directly, but walked to the open-air coffee bar in the square to sit down. This is the most central part of the town and the busiest street, where the government, police station, lawyers Offices, employment agencies, notary offices, restaurants, theaters, and clothing stores are all on this street.

So here is the most lively, there are many people coming and going.

Jiang Hao ordered a cup of coffee, raised his hand to check the time, and picked up a newspaper at 10:00 in the morning. Although these newspapers were a bit empty, he had knowledge of this era in later generations, and some of the contents could still be discerned. .

Such as food control, such as inflation.

Today, the whole of Italy has implemented wartime food control. Everyone has a limited amount of purchases per day, and can only maintain the most basic food and clothing, and the types are limited, such as bread, butter, milk, some vegetables and fish, and that's all.

People can't fill their stomachs or starve to death, and most of the remaining supplies are sent to the front line.

If you want to eat good things, such as chocolate, beef, ham, sausage, cheese, etc., sorry, government stores do not sell them, and if you want cigarettes and alcohol, it is more difficult, unless you have a way to buy them.

Of course, it is not that there is nothing. Many farmers and businessmen still have stocks in their hands, but they are unwilling to sell them to the government because the prices set by the government are too low, so black market transactions are rampant nowadays.

If you want to buy good things, you can go to the black market, where you can say that there is everything, even food and supplies from the army, but the price is expensive.

In fact, Italy is doing well now, and now Germany and Italy still have the upper hand. After the defeat of France, the French people's life was extremely difficult. .

Just when Jiang Hao looked at the newspaper and compared the information in his mind, there was a slight commotion in front of him. Jiang Hao looked up and found that everyone's eyes were focused on the one person in front of him.

a woman.

A woman wearing a short skirt, stockings and high-heeled shoes came,

It's Marlene.

Only she can have such an effect.

No matter where Malena went, a man would take off his hat and say hello, "Beautiful Malena, hello."

"Malena, you are so beautiful today."

"Malena, can I buy you a cup of coffee?"

Malena kept her head down slightly, looked at the ground, ignoring anyone, her high heels stepped on the slate, making a very crisp sound.

There were a few women drinking coffee behind Jiang Hao. Seeing Malena's appearance, the women immediately changed the subject: "I heard that she is a seamstress, but she is very obscene."

"Look at how coquettish she is. She dresses like this to attract men's attention."

"Her man went to war, so I'm afraid she won't be alone in the empty room."

"She must have done something dirty in the back, don't worry, it will be exposed in the future."

"I don't think she is as good as the earl's mistress, at least she's upright."

The women's mouths are very poisonous, and their voices are not low. For fear that others will not hear the same, they kept saying all kinds of slanderous words. Jiang Hao felt uncomfortable when he heard it. Tormented.

He wanted to tear the mouths of these shrews apart, but that was of no avail.

The most vicious thing about wicked women is always their hearts that are blackened by jealousy. They will always slander and abuse them until the things they don't like disappear.

This is called "mob politics".

It wasn't long before Malena came out of the job-hunting office with no smile on her face. It should have been news that she didn't have a job yet. This was normal. Now it's hard to find a job, let alone a woman.

Seeing Malena leaving in disappointment, the women were all excited, and someone said, "She has been looking for a job for many days, but it seems that she hasn't found a job yet."

Another woman said: "Last month, the government issued a notice that because of the war, the government stopped paying public service allowances. Malena had been living on her husband's allowance before, and now she has no last income, so she had to come out. look for a job."

A woman next to her said in a disgusting tone: "Look, no one in the town will hire him. If a man dares to hire Malena, their wives will fight with him from morning till night, and there will be no peace."

The women burst into laughter.

Jiang Hao turned to look at this woman. Among the group, she was the most vicious. The words she said were like knives that cut people's hearts.

These women are hated by jealousy, and they feel very comfortable when they feel that Malena is not doing well.

They set up Malena as a group enemy, Malena became the opposite of all the women in the town, the imaginary enemy, they always suspected that their man would cheat Malena, and in their hearts, Malena had been defined as a slut.

Together, they laughed at Malena, which enhanced their mutual recognition.

They are a group of animals, they are not alone.

Jiang Hao picked up a note paper from the table, took out a pen from his body, and wrote in fancy Italian:

"Beautiful lady, your style fascinates me, and the smell on your body fascinates me. I miss you every day and look forward to your coming again!"