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Chapter 4 The fourth chapter draws lessons from cowardice and power, hides beauty traces and shifts flowers, fills up regrets and indignation

Sequel to Laughter 张恨水 5166Words 2018-03-19
But when Tao Bo, Ai Jiashu and Shen Guoying formed a love triangle, they thought of a way to reconcile.A few days later, it was another Sunday, when Jiashu came back from school, Bohe prepared food and wine, and invited him and He Lina to have dinner.After dinner, everyone sat and chatted. Bo He asked He Lina: "Where are you going to go for fun tonight?" Go back to school. Just talk casually, let him go to bed early." Mrs. Tao said with a smile: "It's really a girl's 18th change, our cousin, such a hedonist, has now become a good mother qualified. "Tao Bohe took a cigar in his mouth, nodded and said: "Mi Sihe is telling the truth.As the saying goes, you can't be too happy.I often see the students in Beijing, the students in Guangdong and the three northeastern provinces are the most extravagant, and they are not very particular about their homework.Most of the students in Guangdong are businessmen, and the culture of their hometown still has some roots.Seventy-eight out of ten students in the three northeastern provinces live in the countryside, and their father and brother may not even know a word.If it’s a big landlord, it’s better; if it’s an ordinary farmer, it’s not easy to remit thousands of dollars every year to send his son to study! "He Lina didn't wait for him to finish, she rushed to laugh and said: "Speaking of it this way, it is also a boy's eighteenth change.People who live such a comfortable life like Mr. Tao also talk about this. " Bo He sighed and said: "We are in the diplomatic circles, and we just live in luxury, there is no way to improve..." Mrs. Tao laughed: "Come on, stop talking nonsense.You have an article to do yourself, and if you start with the opposite method, if you start it incorrectly, the talk will go further and further, so you should get back to business. "

After Mrs. Tao said this, Bo He took off his cigar, flicked a flick of ashes into the ashtray, and then said to Fan and He: "I have some opinions, and I will contribute them to you. I suggest that you go abroad. The cost is one Of course, Miss He is not a problem. Even the family tree, it is not impossible. Young people like you are just in the middle of studying and progressing, so it is a pity to pass by casually." Jiashu said: The meaning of going abroad , I have had it for a long time, but my mother is weak and sick, so I don't worry about it.And I have also decided that from now on, I will not care about anything other than going back to the city once a week. Mrs. Tao said: "About Miss He, is it outside the class or in the class?" Bohe laughed and said, "Didn't they say that they go back to the city once a week?"Could it be that it is impossible to visit my cousin and sister-in-law?Don't interrupt, let him talk down. " Jiashu said: "I can't go abroad, that's the reason, don't need to talk about it. "Bo He said: "If it's just for this reason, I have a way to bring my aunt to Beijing, and we will live together.I suggest that you go to Europe to study abroad. It is also very convenient to take the Siberian train back from Europe.You are very interested in mechanics, so why not go to Germany.The German mark is not worth much today, and studying in Germany is the cheapest thing for Chinese people. Jiashu thought for a while and said, "My cousin is so enthusiastic, let me think about it." When she said that, she stole a glance to see He Lina's expression. He Lina smiled and nodded. Mrs. Tao smiled and said: "I have an order, cousin, she agrees with you to go." "However, He Lina shook her head slightly, and said with a smile: That's not what I meant. I thought that Mr. Tao suddenly mentioned the issue of going abroad today, which was intentional. Is it because of Shen Guoying? Mr. Tao knew something about it and asked me to avoid it. Come on?" Bo He took a cigar in his mouth, leaned back on the chair, raised his head in thought, and said, "I don't think it's worth arguing with these warriors." He Lina laughed and said, "There's no need to put it mildly. Tao I agree with Mr. Tao's suggestion, and I am willing to go to Germany to study chemistry. I have made plans within a week, so please ask Mr. Tao to apply for two passports with us. Because of the old lady, Jiashu hesitated Can't decide, since Mr. Tao promised to bring the old lady, he can leave without hesitation." Bo He looked at the family tree and said, "What do you think?" As he spoke, he put half a cigar in the ashtray on the coffee table While knocking on the ashes, it seems that every knocking is urging the family tree to reply.Jiashu straightened his chest and said, "Okay, I'll go abroad for a while, and I'll write a letter home today." Mrs. Tao said, "Now that it's settled, I have an appointment with Bohe, you two go to the movies by yourself." Let's go." He Lina said: "Please go home, both of you, I'm going home." Uncle and his wife smiled, changed their clothes and went out.

Here He Lina is still sitting in the upper room talking with Jiashu.This room is a bit like a living room, where all the friends who are close to the Tao family talk.There are chatterboxes, pianos, and card tables here, and a small gathering of friends is very elegant.Under the glass window, on a horizontal table, there are several sets of utensils, and there are two large albums with many friends' photos on them.He Lina wanted to take a picture to match the family tree, but when she saw the album was opened, there were pictures of a few children on it, lively and cute, so she lost her wife and didn't take it, just looked at the photos.She only flipped four or five pages, and there was a photo of herself in the middle.When I looked closely, it wasn't a photo of myself.Oh, that's right, it was Mrs. Tao who caused the misunderstanding, and a clue to the marriage was Shen Fengxi's photo.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Tao still kept this photo. This should not be seen by the family tree. If he saw it, he would feel bad.Looking back, I saw that Jiashu was holding an evening newspaper, lying on the chair to read it, and immediately pulled it out and stuffed it into the pocket, but Jiashu didn't pay attention.She stopped reading the album, sat next to Jiashu, and smiled at him: "Uncle is careful, he will plan for us." Jiashu put down the newspaper, looked at He Lina's face, and said with a smile: "He is in trouble. Pay attention, I should be worried when things happen." He Lina said: "How do you say that?" Jiashu said: He already knows that things are a little dangerous, but I don't care about it, people's hearts are unpredictable, if... ..." At this point, she paused and smiled. He Lina smiled and said, "I don't need to say anything, I know—what if Shen Guoying is like Liu Dezhu? After hearing this, Jiashu's expression changed, his eyes froze, and he couldn't speak. He Lina smiled and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter, my father is not Shen Sanxuan.If you are still not at ease, you leave tomorrow, and I will go back to Xishan, and tell the outside world that my illness has relapsed and I have gone to the hospital. "Jiashu said: "I'm not talking about Shen Guoying..." He Lina smiled and said: "Then you are worried about me?" ——This is really a rare thing, and you will put me in your heart. Jiashu laughed and said, "Are you still a little angry?" "He Lina smiled and shook her hands again and again and said: "No, no, but I will prepare for your homework for your peace of mind. Really, I will go to Xishan tomorrow.I am embarrassed to talk about preparing homework, it is also good to calm down first. "Jiashu laughed and said: "I agree with this method, but it will embarrass you too much. He Lina smiled, sighed again and said, "Is this embarrassing?"well!There are many more embarrassing things than this! "It's inconvenient for Jiashu to say anything more, so he just chatted and joked.

I don't know how much time passed, but there was the sound of a car at the door, and it was Uncle and his wife who came back.Bo He walked in and said with a smile, "Yo, you two are still chatting here?" He Lina said, "Going out to watch a movie, I can't catch up with time." Mrs. Tao said, "Didn't Miss He say she was going home? Bohe said: "That's because she forgot while talking. Don't you remember that when we first got engaged, we sat in the park and talked all afternoon?" Mrs. Tao laughed: "Don't talk nonsense, how can there be any Such a thing?" He Lina said with a smile: "Mrs. Tao also has a day when she is afraid of people making jokes! I am leaving, see you another day." Mrs. Tao said: "Why not see you tomorrow? The family tree will not leave tomorrow." He Lina also Without saying a word, he picked up his coat and stepped out of the house. Jiashu rushed to the yard, took the coat, and put it on for her.She whispered: "Tomorrow afternoon, call Xishan, I will be there." When she said that, she secretly took the hand of Family Tree, squeezed it tightly, and shook it twice, which meant that, Just to reassure him.The family tree smiled at her under the electric light, then sent her out the gate, let her into the car, and then went back.

With this night's plan, everything is settled.The next day He Lina went back to Xishan to live.Originally, she didn't have a lot of social occasions between men and women. After she came back, she went to the movie theater twice and the dance hall once. Her boyfriend and girlfriend thought it was strange to see each other suddenly after a long time.Now she is going back to Xishan again, it is really a flash in the pan, and her friends are even more strange. Besides, Shen Guoying can't forget his love for He Lina.In order to keep track of He Lina and find out her news, I also go to the places that the fashionable lady likes to visit from time to time, thinking that I may meet her once in a while, but I always disappear.According to friends, it was rumored that she was admitted to the hospital due to illness.Of course, Shen Guoying was very disappointed by this news, but he himself had vowed to forget He Lina, Xia Yunshan could prove this sentence, if he pursued He Lina again, he would break his promise and admit that he was not a real man.So on the surface, he kept the matter silent.Xia Yunshan sometimes mentioned the issue of marriage between men and women, and to test his tone, Shen Guoying sighed and said: "Mr. Wu, who talked about history, told me: If you want to get rid of troubles, you need to be selfless. Before today, I used the last word to comfort me, but after today, I will use the first word to relieve everything." Xia Yunshan heard his words, and it was clear that he couldn't be without me, and he couldn't help being envious.So he asked his wife to ask Mrs. He for a photo of Miss He when she went to He's house to play small cards.Mrs. He knew that Mrs. Xia was the sister-in-law of Shen Tongzhi. If this photo fell into his hands, she would inevitably be transferred to Shen Tongzhi. This is not very good.I remembered that a few days ago, He Lina brought back a photo and said that she was very similar to her. Mrs. He saw it, didn't she?Everyone made fun of it and threw it in the desk drawer.As for who she is and what her origins are, He Lina never said anything because of her family tree, so she never paid any attention.At this time Mrs. Xia asked for a photo, but Mrs. He didn't want it, and she couldn't lose her sympathy if she didn't give it. She was quick to think, and suddenly remembered that photo. Fortunately, that photo looked similar to her daughter. can not tell.So he didn't think about it anymore, and gave the photo to Mrs. Xia to prevaricate this favor. ——The period was only a three-hour stay, and this photo arrived at Shen's residence.

Shen Guoying was taken aback when she saw the photo. It seemed that she had seen her somewhere before in this photo, and it was definitely not Miss He!How did you become Miss He now?In that photo, she was wearing a flowered wicker gown, a tight-fitting waistcoat, a short skirt, and stockings. This was a very common attire for a schoolgirl, and Miss He would not dress like this.Oh!That's right, this is a photo of Mrs. Liu Dezhuru. When I checked things at Liu Dezhu's house, didn't I find such a photo?I don't know what this photo has to do with the He family, but Mrs. He froze and took this photo, which is a bit weird.So I took the photo in my hand and looked at it carefully for a while. In many places, although it was similar to He Lina's appearance, her petite figure seemed to be more lively than Miss He.This idiot Liu Dezhu, for such a lovely woman, actually drove her crazy.Later, they sent people to the hospital to inquire, and they only said that Mrs. Liu had gone. As for where she went after she left, I didn't know, but now I can ask her to have a look.She really is a lost flower without a master, so you might as well transfer your love for He Lina to her, that's what I do.If that Shen Fengxi can cooperate with me, I will make offerings to her with flowers, try to instill her knowledge, cultivate her physique, and then take her out to social occasions and let them see if I can find someone other than Ms. He pretty lady?When he was thinking this way in his heart, he took the photo in one hand and stared at it, and stretched out a finger in the other hand to circle the table.Finally, he squeezed his fist tightly, shook it twice; squeezed his fist, punched it twice in the air, gritted his teeth and said, "I decided to bring you here so that everyone can see." Send people around to inquire about Shen Fengxi's whereabouts.

On the next day, one of his adjutants brought Shen Sanxuan to meet him.When Shen Guoying heard that Mrs. Liu's uncle had arrived, she had to show some face, so she came to meet her in the living room.When the adjutant brought him in, he saw a man like a wax figure, wearing a melon cap like a plaster on his head, and a gray cotton robe. Hen, this kind of person would be General Liu's uncle Taishan, which is a bit unbelievable.While hesitating like this, Shen Sanxuan took a step outside the threshold, squatted down, lowered his right hand, and greeted Shen Guoying.Shen Guoying is a brand new soldier, but she is not used to this kind of corrupt etiquette, and she is a little bit unhappy in her heart.But he changed his mind again, if this Mrs. Liu's family status is too high, there will be something that I can use as a vent!The only reason is to allow herself to direct at will, and this is to take advantage of the low personality in her family.With such a change of mind, he nodded to Sanxuan.Sanxuan stood up and said with a smile: "Adjutant Wu went to the villain's house just now and asked about the whereabouts of my niece. Alas! To tell you the truth, she is crazy, and she is now in the madhouse." Shen Guoying said: I also heard that she has Crazy, but came out soon after being in the hospital.Xuandao: "She came out, then went crazy again, our whole family was disturbed, we had no choice but to send her to the lunatic asylum again." Saying that, he took out a photo on his body, and sent it to Shen Guoying with trembling hands .He smiled and said, "Look, this is a picture of her taken in the lunatic asylum."

Shen Guoying took it over and saw that it was a half-length female figure, with a delicate face and tousled hair. Although she looked haggard, her dimpled smile and squinting eyes looked straight ahead. , raised his left hand slightly, and turned his right half towards his bosom, as if playing the yueqin.Shen Guoying said: "Is this Mrs. Liu?" Shen Sanxuan had already learned a little bit of news from Adjutant Wu, and said: "When she was not sick, General Liu turned on her, she is no longer from the Liu family No one in the Liu family recognizes her. Otherwise, if there is a little food to eat, the family will keep her no matter what, and will not let her go to the lunatic asylum. In fact, as long as she is allowed to do what she wants, her illness will be cured." Shen Guoying Holding this photo in his hand, he pondered for a while, because he said: "If you look at it suddenly, it doesn't look sick; if you look closely, her eyes, looking straight ahead, are sick. I Send someone to go with you and bring her here, let me see with my own eyes, what is it like?" Shen Sanxuan said: "The rules of the madhouse are that it is not easy to bring the patient out." Adjutant Wu stood Outside the door, he interjected: "Where is Ren Qi? There is a phone in our house, and there is no one who will not let it out." Shen Sanxuan took a step back, so he smiled and asked Shen Guoying for safety: "If my niece saves me Well, my family will never forget your great kindness and virtue forever." Shen Guoying smiled at him and said, "There is no need for that. I don't have any feelings for your niece or daughter, nor am I among hundreds of thousands of households in Beijing. I just feel sorry for your family. Just because your niece is like a friend of mine..." At this point, I felt that the following words were not easy to say, so I smiled.How dare Shen Sanxuan ask what the reason is, and he repeatedly agreed with "yes".Shen Guoying waved at him and said, "Follow my adjutant, prepare clothes, shoes and socks first, and bring her here tomorrow. If her illness can be cured, I will find a doctor to treat her. If it cannot be cured, I will But I had no choice but to send him to the madhouse." Shen Sanxuan bent over and said: "Yes, of course." He took two steps back and followed Adjutant Wu.

The news spread all over Shen's house, everyone in and out of the Shen's house, and there was no one who didn't break the monster: Could it be that the protagonist is also crazy, why did he want to bring a crazy woman to the house?Shen Guoying's elder brother couldn't dissuade this powerful younger brother, so he had to call Chief Xia to ask him to dissuade him.Xia Yunshan thought it was strange, and said that Shen Guoying was messing around, and he would never be allowed to do this.With such a twists and turns, whether Fengxi can get out of the asylum or not will be explained next time.

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