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Chapter 8 The eighth chapter: four years of hard work finally came to naught

Sequel to Laughter 张恨水 5489Words 2018-03-19
But when Shen Guoying asked Fengxi if he recognized him, she replied that something was unexpected by Shen Guoying.She stared at it for a long time, but asked back, "What's your surname? I seem to have met you before." Shen Guoying stayed with her for four or five years, but unexpectedly healed her illness, and she didn't even know what her family name was. I didn't even know it, it's too weird.Since you don't know anything about the surname, how can you talk about love.This sentence really made him pour cold water all over his head, and stood in front of the bed for a long time, because he replied: "Oh! You don't know me, you have lived in my house for four or five years, don't you know?" Feng Xi frowned and thought, "I've lived in your house for four or five years? Where is your house? Oh oh oh... yes, I dreamed of being in a house, that house..." As she spoke, she clicked again and again. She nodded her head a few times and said, "Then, I saw a person like you. Where am I? What's wrong with me?" Her two words made Shen Guoying feel that there is no way to talk about a twenty-four history, and she smiled. Said: "This is a long story, you will understand it gradually in the future." Feng Xi raised her eyes and looked around, pondering and said: "This is still the Liu family, what's going on? I don't understand, I don't understand, I'm slow Can you know if you are slow?" Shen Guoying really had no way to answer her question.But outside the window, there was a sound of chaotic footsteps, and a woman's voice said: "She's awake, it's good." It was Aunt Shen who was speaking.Shen Guoying thought it was a savior, and immediately called her in.

Seeing her mother coming, Feng Xi jumped out of bed, grabbed her mother's hand and shouted: Mom!Where am I?Am I dead, or am I alive?I'm so confused, please help me. "After finishing speaking, there was a sound of wow, and she was about to start crying. Aunt Shen supported her half-huggingly and said: "It doesn't matter, good boy, don't mess around, I will tell you slowly.God AE§sa bless you, you are alright, my heart is much more at ease.you lie down. " Said, and helped her to the bed. Feng Xi also felt very tired, so she listened to her mother and went to lie down on the bed. Shen Guoying said to Aunt Shen: "She just woke up and didn't understand everything. What to say, you can talk to her slowly.If I'm here, she'll be even more confused. Aunt Shen crossed her arms, made two bows to him and said, "Master Shen, I thank you."You saved my Fengxi's life, and my family survived. I will never forget your great kindness in my whole life. Shen Guoying pondered for a while and said: "Can't you forget my great kindness?"Hmph, haha! "He just went away.

That night, Shen Guoying went back and thought about it, her original plan gradually became invalid: a woman who wants to arouse her sympathy for a man cannot do it rashly!Feng Xi is awake, but she won't recognize me when she wakes up.But when she sees me suddenly, she won't know what love is.Tonight, her mother talked with her in detail, maybe she will know that I will be touched by her hard work.He thought so, and fell asleep patiently. In the afternoon of the next day, Shen Guoying came to General Liu's house for the second time.When he came upstairs, he could hear the mother and daughter whispering in Fengxi's room.This appearance can further prove that Feng Xi's illness is completely cured.So I stood outside the window and listened to what was said inside.Feng Xi first talked about General Liu's affairs, then Fan Jiashu's affairs, and finally he talked about himself.Feng Xi said: "I really can't figure out what this Shen Tongzhi is thinking. Why did he raise me, a lunatic, in his house for four or five years?" Aunt Shen said: "Silly boy, why did he? Has your illness been cured? His wife has been dead for many years and has not been married yet." Feng Xi said: "According to you, he is a great military officer. A great military officer can marry any kind of girl. Why do you want to marry me, a mad woman? Rich and powerful people are the most unreliable. I have been fooled once, and I don't want to find rich people again." Aunt Shen said: "You still read Uncle Fan? He went overseas with a Miss He. That Miss He, whose father is the chief financial officer, must have married Uncle Fan. Even if she did not marry Uncle Fan, neither did Uncle Fan. I'll want you." Feng Xi said: "Even if Uncle Fan doesn't want me, I still want to meet him. Otherwise, people will say that I'm obsessed with money and marry anyone who is rich. Do I still have face? Aunt Shen said: "That's not what you said. You want Shen Tongzhi to treat you so well. Can you ask him to support you for four or five years?" This sentence was so harsh that Aunt Shen had nothing to answer for a while.Standing outside, Shen Guoying was also moved in her heart. In the end, she quietly went downstairs, looked up at the sky in the middle of the yard, and sighed for a long time.So I came out quickly and went home by car.

Shen Guoying arrived at her gate, and as soon as she got out of the car, a young man approached by the side of the road, walked up to him and softly called, "Mr. Shen is back." Shen Guoying recognized Guan Xiugu, so she attracted her, and they walked together to the interior. Come to the living room.Xiu Gu smiled and asked: Feng Xi's illness is cured, what are your plans?Well, I'm still going to be my volunteer army. "Xiu Gu said: "Mr. Shen, forgive me for speaking bluntly.You have worked hard for several years to treat her illness, but you just cured her illness, so you forget it?Then you seem to be a doctor who specializes in madness. "Although Shen Guoying thinks that Xiugu is a very forthright woman, there is a difference between men and women, and it is inconvenient for her to express her intentions towards Fengxi, so she shook her head twice and said: "Miss Guan can't guess me. worrying.In the future, I may report what happened.Me, I am determined to be a volunteer. As she spoke, she paused with her foot. Xiugu thought to herself: Then, before tonight, she has not made up her mind to be a volunteer. Yin smiled and said, "The more determined Mr. Shen is, the more we will be able to save our more than 1,000 brothers outside the pass."I'm here tonight, I have nothing else to do, just ask Mr. Shen to quickly withdraw the 60,000 yuan from the bank and go to Tianjin to buy good things. Shen Guoying said: "Of course."Too late today, I will do it tomorrow.I have to take care of my own personality, and I am determined not to talk about you. "Xiu Gu said: "Since I say that, I am very relieved.Feng Xi has woken up, I haven't said a word to her yet, I'm going to see her while I'm free tonight. Shen Guoying pondered and said: "Actually, if you don't go to see her, it's fine."But Ms. Guan has a very good relationship with her, how can I tell you not to go! "Hearing what he said, Xiu Gu was a little incoherent, so she asked him back: "Mr. Shen, do you think Feng Xi is a good person or a bad person?" Shen Guoying said: "It's hard to say that." After finishing speaking, she smiled lightly. Seeing him like this, Xiugu knew that he was a little unhappy, so she said, "This person is a very smart person, but it's a pity that her family is not good. I always feel sorry for her. Go talk to her. "Shen Guoying was quiet for a while, and seemed to have some thoughts, nodded and said: "That's fine, Ms. Guan is a warm-hearted person, you can talk about it, or she will understand better. "Xiu Gu looked around him with lightning-like eyes, turned around and left without saying much.

Shen Guoying sent the guest back, wandered back and forth in the yard, and said to herself: "I am naturally in a daze: first playing with a lunatic, and then falling in love with a lunatic, it is so meaningless. Meaningless is meaningless , Could it be that it took four or five years of hard work to just throw it away for nothing? Guan Xiugu has a good relationship with her, or if she goes, Fengxi will say a few words of heart, I don't know. Go!" With such a thought, he immediately got into the car and ran to General Liu's house.Because he had heard Feng Xi's sincere words from outside the window the last time he came here, so he still went upstairs quietly when he came in this time, to listen to what Feng Xi had to say.When he walked outside the window, he really heard Feng Xi talking about himself.She said: "Shen surnamed Shen treated my illness like this. I am 240% grateful to him. But Uncle Fan is back, and I am married to another person. If he asks me, how can I be ashamed?" The aunt asked: "Then, don't you love this man surnamed Shen?"I saw such a person in a dream.Excuse me, what can I say to the person in my dream?As for the benefits he treated me, I also told my mother that I will repay him by turning into a beast in my next life. "Xiu Gu said:" Do you mean that you have decided? Feng Xi said: "It means it's decided."Eldest sister, I know you are like a Buddha, how dare I wrong you. "Speaking of this, there was silence in the room for a long time, and Xiugu said again: This is really embarrassing for me. Let me tell you the truth, I'm afraid it will be bad in the future; if I don't tell you the truth, let me hide it for you. In my heart, I am not that kind of person. Let me tell you, Uncle Fan will be back soon." Feng Xi emphasized her words, and suddenly asked: "How do you know?" Xiu Gu said: "He arrived After we went abroad, we have not exchanged letters. Last winter, my father and son became volunteers, and we asked for help everywhere. We knew that Uncle Fan was studying in Germany, so we wrote a letter to the Chinese Legation in Berlin, I asked them to pass it on. It was also a try. Unexpectedly, the minister and Uncle Fan got a reply immediately. He heard that my father and son became volunteers, and he was very happy. He said that he studied chemical engineering in Germany. He was supposed to graduate next year, but now he wants to return to China early and use what he has learned to help the country. He said in the letter that he can make artificial fog, smoke bombs, and poisonous gas, and many others I would like to know. I don't understand..." Feng Xi said: "I don't care what he learns, what he knows, when will he come back?" Xiu Gu said: "Soon, maybe it will be these few days." Feng Xi said: "I understand, big sister is here You came to Beijing to meet Uncle Fan, right?" The voice in the room paused again, but Xiu Gu replied again and again: "No, but I'm in Beiping, just wait for him for a day or two by the way." Feng Xi said: "There is that Miss He, don't you want to stay with him?" Xiugu said: "I don't know about that. I don't talk about it now except for things related to the Volunteer Army. What does Miss He have with us? What about the relationship? That's why I didn't inquire about her." Feng Xi suddenly said loudly: "Okay, okay, it'll be great if Uncle Fan is here!" After hearing these words, Shen Guoying thought to herself: There is no need to go into the room to see, Fengxi still belonged to the Fan family tree.This woman is really good!I must win her over, and I may not be able to win her favor.well!Still the same sentence, everyone has their own reasons and don't envy others.Shen Guoying went home with his head downcast.In the early morning of the next day, he opened it and went to Tianjin to buy bullets.

There is such a coincidence in the world - when Shen Guoying went to Tianjin, it was the time when Fan Jiashu and He Lina returned to Peiping from Shanghai by train.Bohe is now working in Nanjing.Mrs. Tao and Jiashu's mother never went there because there was no comparable house in Nanjing.He Lian is no longer an official, only doing banking business, and still living in Peiping.Because of some diplomatic matters, Bo He wanted to contact the embassy, ​​so he simply accompanied Jiashu to the north.In the first two days, Tao and He received the telegram, so the people who greeted them at the station were very lively.When the car stopped, Bohe was the first to jump out of the car. Seeing Mrs. Tao, she just smiled and nodded.The first time was He Lina, and Mrs. Tao rushed forward to hold hands with her, and said with a smile, "My name is Misi He, or Mixisi Fan?" He Lina smiled awkwardly.Fan Jiashu came out from behind, and said repeatedly: "Miss He, Miss He." He Lina looked around and asked, "Didn't Ms. Guan come to Peiping?" Mrs. Tao said in a low voice: "She is What the enemy detectives are paying attention to is waiting for you at home?" He Lina said: "When I arrive in Peiping, of course I have to go back and see my father first. Please tell Ms. Guan that I will definitely come in an hour or two later." Tao The wife said with a smile: "But Mrs. Fan is also with us, shouldn't you go and see her first?" He Lina said with a smile: "I count your baby, she should have graduated from elementary school, and Mrs. Tao is still the same Amoy!" Everyone laughed, rushed out of the station together, and left in two shifts.Jiashu went home with Bohe.

As soon as Jiashu arrived in the inner courtyard, he saw his mother and Guan Xiugu standing under the eaves, so he rushed forward and called out, "Mom!" It's been five years, but the family tree still looks like this.Just then Jiashu took a step forward and was about to salute Xiugu, but Xiugu stretched out a hand calmly, shook hands with Jiashu and said with a smile: "Mr. Fan, at last I have not broken my promise?" Since Xiugu met, except for letting her carry her back down the mountain in Xishan, she has never had any physical relationship, and the current handshake made him unable to explain why.Withdrew his hands, then smiled, and said to Xiugu: "How is uncle?" Xiugu said: "He is healthy, but he likes to drink more because of state affairs. He said he couldn't get away Come from Peiping and ask me to greet you." Mrs. Fan said: "This girl is my great benefactor.I have nothing to repay others.As I said, I simply took advantage of her a little bit, and I recognized her as my daughter-in-law, so everyone kissed her a little bit.You see, okay? "The family tree said "hehe", but before she could say anything, Xiugu replied a long time ago: "I'm afraid I'm not worthy.If the old lady doesn't dislike it, what else can I say! "The three of them talked and walked into the house, all very happy. ——Tao Bo and such a friendly husband met again after a long absence. Of course, they had a secret conversation in their own room first.

Here, the family tree and the old lady are talking, and the three characters are sitting.Jiashu's eyes shot at Xiugu's face from time to time, and Xiugu became more frank. Although she asked Jiashu to look at her face, and occasionally shot her eyes, Xiugu responded with a smile, and simply looked at Jiashu and said: "Fan My husband’s improvement is very good. I still live a good life in a foreign country, and I don’t look old at all, and I have become a little coal girl.” Jiashu smiled and said: I haven’t been in Peiping for many years, and I heard the big girl in Peiping talk , let me remember the past.Xiugu said: "By the way, you will think of Fengxi again." Jiashu pointed her eyes at her again and again.Xiugu smiled and said, "The old lady knew about it a long time ago, what are you hiding?" The old lady Fan also said, "I have known about this for several years. I heard that the child's madness is better now. It's..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard Mrs. Tao yelling outside: "Miss He is here." Originally, He Lina was wearing foreign clothes when she got off the train, but now she changed into a long-term gown and went outside the door, Let Mrs. Tao go first, and then walk in slowly.Jiashu rushed to introduce: "This is mother." He Lina smiled and bowed to Old Madam Fan.Old Madam Fan said: "When the children are in Europe, there are many girls who will take care of them." He Lina laughed and said, "You're saying that, I just need the family tree to take care of everything." Aunt Xiu heard what they said The tone and address are very clear in his chest, and he feels that Xishan's own balls are thrown, but his guess is almost inseparable, so he smiles aside.As soon as He Lina entered the door, she wanted to make out with Xiu Gu for a while, but Mrs. Fan was too promiscuous, so she waited for a few words with Mrs. Fan before walking up to Xiu Gu and holding hands. She said with both hands: "Sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time! How are you?" Xiu Gu smiled and said, "Where am I going? I'm still a poor girl. You are amazing. You have been to a civilized country, and you have learned a lot. If you come back to China this time, you must have made a great contribution to our motherland." He Lina said: "How can I compare with you? You are a national hero, a modern Hua Mulan!" The man laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if you compliment her or she compliments you. It's my family who compliments my family." He Lina didn't understand what she said, and looked at Mrs. Tao.Mrs. Tao said: "Ms. Guan has worshiped my aunt as a goddaughter now. Don't you think, isn't this a family?" Aunt laughs.Mrs. Tao said with a smile: "It's rare, Fan and He are here today, I should welcome them, and at the same time congratulate our aunt, I have a new cousin today." Xiu Gu said: "Then, I have to Kowtow to the old lady." The old lady Fan said with a smile: "Just call me mom and you'll be fine, they are all brand new characters, don't drive back." Mrs. Tao stood among many people, circling around, not knowing what to do with joy, she laughed Said: "Look, our aunt is also very happy to say such a theory of reform. Come on, my new cousin, it's better to hit the sun than to pick the day, and it's better to hit the moment than to hit the day, you Just come here and bow three times, and see your mother." Then, he took Aunt Xiu with one arm and asked her to stand in front of Mrs. Fan.Xiugu was very willing to this method, and she planned to stand upright and bow three times to Old Madam Fan.Mrs. Tao stopped her again and said: "Come on slowly, you can't just salute like this, you should call Mom." Xiugu smiled and said, "Of course." Mrs. Tao said: "Don't be busy, wait for me." So He straightened a chair, placed it on a slant, pulled the old lady to sit on the chair, and said to Xiu Gu: "Cousin, salute." Sure enough, Xiu Gu called out with a smile, "Mom, we are a family now." . "

After Xiugu saluted, she turned around, and Mrs. Tao stopped her again: "Wait a minute, I haven't finished directing this scene yet, I still have something to say!" What's left?You have to know what reason Mrs. Tao said, I will explain it next time.
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