Chapter 3 thing

It's been a long time since dinner, but the telegram hasn't arrived yet; Lu Shuxiang and Hao Fengming have been waiting for several hours—waiting for a very important telegram. They were in Lu Shuxiang's study.The room is big and there are not many books.The lights were so bright it was sad.Lu Shuxiang held a cigarette in his mouth, held it behind his back, leaned his back forward, and walked gently in the room.He was of medium height, with a long face, with a small patch of baldness on the top of his head; his face was colorless, but very bright.The light concealed some of his thinness; his big eyes, high nose bridge, and long black eye hair gave him an almost handsome appearance.It seemed that he was admiring his long black eye hair, blinking again and again as he walked.Every once in a while, his jaw jerked inward, and his neck twitched, as if he was choking on food.Every time he twitched, he suddenly changed a little, ugly, like a hungry wolf with a long face.After smoking, he quickly blinked those black and beautiful eyelashes again, as if to restore the handsomeness of his face.

The cigarette would fall off several times, because his lips grinned from exhaustion when he puffed; but he never held it up with his hands, and had no time to care about the cigarette.The cigarette was finally dropped by a twitch of his neck, and he crushed it with his feet, blinking.He stood still, as if he wanted to speak; he choked again, and forgot to say anything. Hao Fengming was sitting on the swivel chair in front of the desk, his face was lost in thought towards the glass window.He was younger than Lu Shuxiang, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a round head, round face and round eyes, a little silly, but handsome and energetic, like a stupid dog who has eaten a lot.The western clothes are very elegant, but the beauty of the clothes is reduced by his appearance and figure.Stretching from the knee down into the hole of the desk, her fingertips, as round as two kumquats, tapped silently on the knee.He wanted to speak a long time ago, but it was inconvenient to speak.The dog barked in the cold courtyard, and he almost slipped out of the swivel chair. He gave a silent smirk, lifted his body up, and continued to tap his knees with his fingers.

Before dinner, although I was in a hurry, I could still find something to say; even if what I said didn't hit my ears, I was willing to move my lips to cover up the impatience in my heart.Now, since there has been silence for a long time, no one is willing to speak first, and whoever speaks first seems to be unable to hold his breath.They couldn't open their mouths, and they were anxious but to no avail. They all wanted to distract their troubles with something else.Then, the most convenient thing is to despise or even hate the person in front of you.Hao Fengming looked at the glass and remembered that he was in a garden in England, accompanied by a beautiful girlfriend, admiring the cherry blossoms in early summer.Not daring to think about the scenery, he gave Lu Shuxiang a glance——standing under the electric light, the bald piece on the top of his head was as bright as a newly cast copper.what!He spotted the guy with the bald spot on his head.Cursing in my heart, silently tapping my fingers on my knees: A little Japanese student studying abroad, who looks like a dog, actually suppresses an authentic British master's degree, what a joke!

Hao Fengming is really aggrieved. With his degree qualifications, he is a genuine Western student, and he will come to Lu Shuxiang's place to help and play a supporting role; Lu Shuxiang has only been in Dongyang for a few days, so he will talk about "Yimasi"!He didn't dare to think about those things in England, those girlfriends, those volunteers.Everything in the past is empty.Only when everything has been mobilized well can one be considered a good man.Yes, now he has a wife and children, a chartered car, a living room with a sofa, and friends who have to eat a glass of ice cream for 60 cents... All these together make him look a little like a foreign student, and all of these need money. More money is needed.In order to satisfy his wife, and to make the overseas student a master, he had to deal with Lu Shuxiang, a little oriental overseas student whom he had always looked down upon!He is not without work now, so he is not completely afraid of Lu Shuxiang.However, if he wanted to make more money and increase his status, he had to rely on Lu Shuxiang.Even if Lu Shuxiang doesn't do anything now, he can live a very comfortable life. This makes him envious, from envy to envy.Lu Shuxiang can not do anything but still jump around all day long, this is almost an inspiration; Lu Shuxiang, even Lu Shuxiang refuses to be idle, Hao Fengming should work harder; in terms of money, status, and age, he We should all work hard to move forward, we cannot be satisfied, and we are not allowed to be satisfied.If Ruoguang got this inspiration from Lu Shuxiang, he might not hold any grudges, although he has always looked down on this Japanese student.Now, he is begging Lu Shuxiang, and his better hope can only be realized by relying on Lu Shuxiang's power. Embarrassment comes second. He doesn't think this should be the case at all. I have seen a few more, so I don't need to say anything else!He is not fair.But it was impossible to turn him and Lu Shuxiang upside down for a while.Just wait and see, one day, the surname Hao will teach Lu Shuxiang to understand clearly!

Taking another sneak peek at Lu Shuxiang, he thought of Yunxiang—his wife.Lu Shuxiang's uncle and sister.At the same time, he also thought of the girl who played together in the English park, and he was a little confused.Putting Yunxiang and that girl together, as if in a dream, he could combine the two into one person, he didn't know whether he should regret it, or... no, marrying is marrying, it is inconvenient to regret, Yunxiang knows standing in the present.Her hair costs 12 yuan per perm; her clothes, face powder, leather shoes, handbag... She is so beautiful!Spend money, of course you have to spend money, not a problem.There is no free wife in the world.The problem is that you have to try to earn more.Thinking of this, he almost wanted to have a good impression of Lu Shuxiang out of love for his wife.Lu Shuxiang is indeed beneficial: always persuade people to make more money, always teach people to take advantage of any gaps... Hao Fengming was more or less influenced by this, so he came to wait for the telegram with him.Having such a brother-in-law, just like having such a beautiful wife, is not something that can be achieved by wishing.After all, it's my status; of course, if the authentic students studying in the UK can't get such a cheap price, that's okay!

Even if Lu Shuxiang was worried about his good intentions, Hao Fengming would not be afraid to cross the river and demolish the bridge after taking advantage of his British master's degree. He is the son-in-law of the Lu family.Besides, when necessary, Yunxiang can be brought here!Yes, if a Western student's vacation is not as much as an Eastern student's, at least a brother-in-law can hold a brother-in-law.His heart became calm, and a little smile appeared on his face, like the blue sea in summer, only a line of smiling white flowers were stirred up on the shore.He closed his eyes.

The dog barked, someone went to open the gate, Hao Fengming stood up abruptly, his face suddenly felt hot.Looking outside the window, it was very dark; looking back at Lu Shuxiang, Lu Shuxiang was about to light a cigarette, holding a match in his right hand, his fingers trembling slightly; looking at the black match head, he choked three times in a row. Zhang Shun pushed the door open and came in, holding a white paper seal in his hand, with extremely thick blue characters drawn on it.The sadly bright electric light seemed to cast all its light on the white envelope.Lu Shuxiang pointed to the table with the match in his hand.When Zhang Shun went out, he grabbed the telegram as if he was snatching it from someone.

It was not convenient for Hao Fengming to come over, the demeanor of a British gentleman made him restrain the eagerness in his heart.However, his face became hotter.The heat made him unable to stand still for a few more seconds, his gentlemanly demeanor was dissipated by the heat in his heart, and he walked over. Lu Shuxiang had read the telegram twice, or more than twice, carefully reading every word, as if every word contained some incomprehensible meaning.It seemed that there was nothing to see, and he still refused to let go; Hao Fengming was standing next to him, and he felt very disgusted.He has always hated this brother-in-law who wears western clothes. He is a Western student who is always relying on others. He only knows how to eat ice cream and dance, and he doesn't care about business at all.This foreign student happens to be his sister-in-law, thinking about the Lu family, thinking about that beautiful younger sister, thinking about the unspoken jealousy. Why my sister prefers such a guy, if my sister really loves him, then he—Lu Shuxiang—seems to hate him, it doesn't make sense, but it's the only way to feel better.He threw the telegram on the table, picked up the envelope of the telegram, and looked at it carefully.Then, seeming to forget Hao Fengming's disgust, he read the telegram again from Hao's hand. Although he could already recite a few words on the telegram, he still read it carefully, as if those Lan Daozi had some magical power.

Hao Fengming also carefully read the telegram at least twice.Feeling that Lu Shuxiang was close to him, he was very depressed and panicked: what was written on the paper was Lu Shuxiang, standing beside him was Lu Shuxiang, everything was Lu Shuxiang, a little student studying abroad in Japan, brother-in-law ! "What to be afraid of, what to be afraid of..." Lu Shuxiang seemed to have no strength to finish this sentence, sat down, and choked. "That's not it," Hao Fengming felt a little happy in his heart. Lu Shuxiang's failure just happened to take advantage of his wish, but Lu's failure was also his own failure. He couldn't do things entirely based on emotion, so he frowned.

Lu Shuxiang closed her eyes, as if she was extremely tired.After a while, some blood appeared on his face again, and he opened his eyes, as if saying to himself: "Deputy Director! Deputy——Director!" "Maybe the code..." Hao Fengming didn't let go of the telegram yet, and began to read those numbers in his mind, even though he knew it was useless at all. "Could you think of something clever!" Lu Shuxiang's words were very harsh.He really wanted to say: "It's all you, without you, everything will be messed up!" But he didn't say it outside, because it was not the time to lose his temper, and because there was no one else in front of him, it was better to vent his anger. You have to talk to Hao Fengming; since you want to talk to him, you can't scold him first.His words turned to the positive: "Director, that's fine; servants, that's fine; deputy director, hum! I never think it's a small thing, as long as I'm on my own. Deputy director, deputy division chief, vice president, everything in the deputy department, everything in the deputy department No use! Pass me a cigarette!"

"The telegram was sent by a dog, and the official order has not arrived yet." Hao Fengming said solemnly.He doesn't look down on Lu Shuxiang's people; he always thinks Lu Shuxiang's words are worth something.Lu Shuxiang's words are always extracted from experience, and he can always talk about the root of the matter nakedly, discussing the matter as it stands, without any unnecessary emotion and politeness.Hao Fengming knew that he didn't have this ability, so he couldn't help but admire his brother-in-law's words, which were centuries older than the British gentleman's demeanor and culture, without any hypocrisy, and he just touched his itchy tendons with his hand. "What formal order? There's nothing you can do!" Lu Shuxiang really wanted to have a fit, but he restrained himself again, and half annoyed and half-friendly added a little explanation: "The telegram from the dog's edge counts, the order ?fart!" Hao Fengming still felt that this kind of saying was very correct, but words like "fart" should not come from a gentleman's mouth.Yes, he will never be able to admire Lu Shuxiang's attitude and behavior - he will never become what the British call "the head of a man"; probably this point of cultivation of Western students will never be within the reach of Eastern students.Well, never mind that, let's discuss the matter first: "Putting the government aside, we have the nerve to dismiss the dog?" "This is where you can't do it! What is embarrassment? It doesn't matter!" Lu Shuxiang smiled deliberately. "I do it when it suits me, otherwise I don't do it; if you learn this trick, you will understand my greatness. Do you know that my Japanese friends are not just dogs?" Hao Fengming didn't say anything.He couldn't help but admire Lu Shuxiang's words, but he couldn't change his mentality of always belittling this brother-in-law, so he had no choice.Seeing that her sister-in-law was speechless, Lu Shuxiang felt a little happier: "Tell you, Feng Ming, if I only get the deputy director, then there is no need to say that the director must be from Dongyang; my bad thing is that I can't get rid of it." In terms of opening the government. You remember: when you want to start, you have to see which side is hard!" "Then the person the chief is relying on must be harder than a dog's rib?" Hao Fengming must have known that this sentence was right, with a smile on his round face.Lu Shuxiang smacked his head and nodded: "That's a sentence! That's why I said just now that my Japanese friends are not just dogs. You must know that since September 18, the power of Japanese people has not been concentrated. , everyone wants to make achievements and win, and the strong have their own strong hands. In this turbulent situation, you can't rely on one person. Doing things is like swimming or sailing a boat. It must change at any time with the water. Ordinarily, I don’t have a deep relationship with Quan Leng. If I give him advice, he can’t help but accept it. If he asks for a position for me, I can’t doubt it at all. But, their own battles are also very fierce, so we just eat it. Xie Luo! The question now is whether I should take the job, or should I wait and see?" "The Land Bureau's plan was drawn up by us. If you push back the deputy director, wouldn't it be a dead end?" Hao Fengming seemed to be infected by Lu Shuxiang, and he blinked again and again. "As far as I know, even if you can't get any real power, you'll be tired of them. First, you don't want to offend the dog, and second, you have to arrest the chief if you see an opportunity, right?" "It's what you said, and it's what you said," Lu Shuxiang nodded lightly. "But there is one thing, I want to kill the deputy director, the empty deputy director, you are finished. Think about it, there is someone tougher than a dog standing behind the director, and we can recommend someone? I put up a name and dumped you, why bother! I can still afford to be idle, so the reason why I don’t want to be idle is because I am willing to promote some relatives and friends, to create our own power, and to think for our juniors , we have to suffer a little more. Second, I have friends in Japan, and I know about things in Japan. This bit of knowledge and experience should not be thrown away casually. Those who hate me may call me a traitor, but in fact I have To do something for the people with my own true ability, besides, the methods of the Orientals are not as abominable as everyone says, they are indeed wise people; to be honest, I am willing to cooperate with the Orientals; traitors? Follow your conscience!" He closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's go back, if you teach me to be the deputy director, and don't complain at all that I don't help you, I will go; if you don't understand me, brat, I'd rather offend Quan Leng and push the matter away! What? ?" Hao Fengming was furious.Going backwards - not much more - ten years, he will definitely shout a traitor in Lu Shuxiang's face.Now, he can't shout.Now, he only knew to live for life; he, his wife, was short of many things without which life would be poor, embarrassing, and joyless.For example, the couple has been discussing for many days, but they have never been able to buy a car; without this car, life is so restricted that they hardly dare to go anywhere, and a day is wasted by rickshaws. Take half the fee!For this car, for many other necessary things, things that make life rich, he can't call a traitor; now he knows the meaning of life and the fun of life; I only know how to make more money to enrich my life.But being cheated, cheated by his brother-in-law, he couldn't bear it, he couldn't say the word traitor, but he was not willing to be played by his brother-in-law honestly. He hated himself for why he had to go to England to study instead of going to Japan.It's true to look down on Japanese students studying abroad, but the facts are facts. Now that the foreign students studying in Japan have grown in market, he lowered the price himself.If he can speak Japanese, if he has Japanese friends, with Lu Shuxiang?Well, he deserves it too! No, you can't hate yourself.After all, British students are British students; if Lu Shuxiang has been to the UK, maybe it won’t be so bad!Besides, politics and diplomacy are full of changes. This year, the Oriental faction is on the rise. How can we know that we should not stay in Europe next year?Yes, if we really want to talk about subjugation, it seems that it would be better to die in the hands of the British.Thinking of this, Hao Fengming's anger subsided a little, as if the country's death in the hands of the British was very sure, and he became rich in one breath, overwhelming Lu Shuxiang, overwhelming the entire Oriental School, buying a car, and everything needed , is sure to be able to do. His anger subsided a little, he wanted to persuade Lu Shuxiang to take up the post with kindness and righteousness, and he was willing to step back and never cooperate with his brother-in-law again; it's easy to talk and loose, Zhentouman! He was about to speak when the phone rang.I didn't want to pick it up, but I just interrupted the scene just like that, so I don't have to say anything else.He took off the earphones: "What director? Fang? Wait." He covered his mouth with one hand, "Probably the new director, surnamed Fang." Lu Shuxiang stood up very quickly: "Could it be Fang Zuohua?" He took the phone Come: "Hello, Director Fang?" The voice was very gentle and pleasant, and the eyes blinked like light rain. "Ah? What?" The voice was a little higher, not very nice. "Ugh, the director sent me to prepare for the inauguration ceremony, sent me; um, I know!" He hung up the earphones abruptly. "Why don't you ask? I understand! What, a dubious clerk dared to call me, and said that the director sent me, sent me!" He took a deep breath. "Are you okay?" Hao Fengming asked with a straight face, "It's okay, I'm leaving now; I don't have time to watch the phone here!" Lu Shuxiang didn't seem to hear it, and just talked about himself: "Huh, maybe you taught me to prepare for the inauguration ceremony just to look at me! Awesome! Squeeze me! I'll do it anyway, Fengming, you are right, give them a Bitter!" After finishing speaking, he smiled at Hao Fengming. "Preparing a meeting place, isn't it just a matter of arranging a few chairs?" Hao Fengming asked in an accent, he didn't want to get any answer, he wanted to go home, go home and scold the scholar with Yunxiang. "I said you can't, you don't believe me, sit down, don't be busy, I'll take you there later." Seeing Hao Fengming sit down again, he closed his eyes for a while and said: "It's not enough to just prepare a few chairs! Whether to hang the national flag or not, and whether to hang the will or not, are all problems! Hang it." The middle finger of the right hand moves the thumb of the left hand, "It shows that I lean towards the government. Dogs are careful people. Besides, even if they don't Be careful, Fang Zuohua and the others will secretly give them pointers. Don’t worry about it.” The middle guide pointed his index finger, “Fang Zuohua will take advantage of the problem and ask the government to get me down first, and first cut off my influence in the government. You see, this is not very Are there any articles?" Hao Fengming nodded, he admitted his failure.It's true that in the past few years, he has swept away most of the ideals and enthusiasm of his youth, but in the end he is still too straightforward and simple.He "yes" has to learn from Lu Shuxiang, even if he doesn't get any real benefits, learning some tricks is extremely valuable. "It's hard to do things these days!" Lu Shuxiang was half lamenting her failure this time, and half—compared to Hao Fengming—praising her shrewdness. "We are chatting, chatting. You see, the difficulty now is that there are too many talents, and both our side and Dongyang's side have more people than things. Therefore, each person has an idea, and everyone tries not to teach their own ideas. Empty. Ideas are always changing there. As a result, whoever has thicker arms will win the power. The Land Bureau is our idea. After the end, we will teach others to carry the rice cooker. The joke is even bigger if we take the director off the shelf! I can see that the more ideas we have, the more confused the minds of the Orientals will be. Once their minds are confused, we will be at a loss. Isn’t it? For now, we have to make a good idea. As long as we have an idea, no matter how bizarre, it will always impress the Orientals—they are careful and won’t let an idea go easily; If you don't move to A, you can still offer ideas to B, and you will always meet someone who is willing to accept it. If there is one who nods, things will be closed. Fengming, don't be discouraged, think of a good idea. If you think of it, I will do it; When the director took it back, you know I won't let you go. I dare to swear!" "You swore last time too!" Hao Fengming said sideways. "Don't, don't, we're nothing more than this!" Lu Shuxiang pulled the other party's strength up and down. "You know that I am the deputy director, and you also know that the deputy director has no real power, why bother! Don't make trouble, think smart, think! As long as you say this, I will go, I am not afraid of running errands; Find a dog edge, start a new stove, find a heavy one and press it down hard. We would like to do it in a regular manner, but since others are copycats, can we still do it in accordance with the rules? Don’t be discouraged. If they mess up, let’s follow the chaos. , This is called the times make heroes! I will go to take the post of deputy director general, and try the idle job. If there is a good idea, maybe from the vice to the upright, maybe come to another agency to play when I feel happy. Anyway, you and I You can't just throw away your knowledge and ability, so why not take a few steps?" "If I give you an idea, what will you give me?" Hao Fengming smiled, but couldn't bear it. "I don't want a blank promise this time, I have to be honest. For example, Yunxiang has been asking for a car for a long time..." "As long as you're willing to tell me, when it works, I'll have your car. I'm not without ideas, but I'd like to collect more. Who knows which one will ring." "It's a deal? I'll tell her when I get back! Do you know grandma is not easy to mess with?" "I know, it's up to you to say it!" "What do you think?" Hao Fengming's round eyes revealed a mischievous expression, "Is it okay to dig a grave?" "what?" "Systematic grave digging," Hao Fengming laughed, admitting that this was a deliberate joke. "You said that," Lu Shuxiang's expression was very solemn, "You said that! How did you remember it? Is it because of the land bureau that you think of the tomb?" "It's almost October 1st of the lunar calendar." Hao Fengji put away his smile, feeling a little embarrassed. "When you think of burning paper at a grave, you also think of tomb robbery. Isn't this kind of thing often published in newspapers?" "Don't tell me, this is indeed an idea!" Lu Shuxiang stood up and stretched out his right hand, as if he was about to take something. "You gave me the idea?" "Give it to you; and when it works, I'll ask you for a car! But I can't think of any use for the idea. Seems pretty wicked to try it, doesn't it?" "Hao Fengming seemed a little regretful. "It's a pity that you are a Western student!" Lu Shuxiang smiled and sat down. "The cemetery should have been leveled a long time ago! People don't have enough food, and the church's tomb takes up so much space, isn't it stupid? Let me tell you, I'll find a few people to investigate first, and roughly even the land of a county Find out the ratio to the cemetery, report it, and it will be enough to impress the Orientals. They want to develop North China. , or grow opium, who cares what it grows, anyway, more land can produce more! This is one trick. If they are willing, of course they are willing, we have a second trick: since we want to clear the grave, why not use one dozen for two purposes? Just dig out the good things buried in the graves? This needs to be investigated first, and the tombs of rich families in a county can probably be investigated first, and they have to be red-eyed as soon as they are reported. How to say Well, it takes time to plant flat graves, how ready is it to dig out cakes on the spot? If tens of thousands are dug up in a county, let’s not talk about how many miles, just calculate how much there should be in a province? Besides, it is possible to dig out How about these priceless treasures? Humph! I can be sure that if the idea of ​​flattening the grave is not adopted, it will be possible to dig a few places first by checking the ancient tomb! Maybe, so we may also set up another institution—such as the Antiquities Museum. Kind of thing——specialize in this matter? You must know that the development plans of the Dongyang people in the past two years have to be invested first and then slowly benefited; our move is straight to the point and easy to catch! You don't bother to do it, we will pull those fast dippers, isn't this easier than smuggling? Okay, Feng Ming! Your car is probably safe!" "But, if you really want to become an organization, don't just use a broken car to prevaricate me; your president, I must at least have a section chief!" Hao Fengming regretted selling such a good idea so casually. "Don't worry, you won't be in vain! As long as you are willing to use your brain and tell me your good ideas, status and money are no problem! Who taught us to catch up with this troubled world? We have to keep our minds idle and our legs idle. As long as Don't be afraid of being burdened, and then go back and forth, troubled times are just prepared for us, and heroes come out of troubled times!" Hao Fengming nodded solemnly. The two foreign students from the east and the west feel the need to cooperate, and the future is bright!