"My husband did inherit a piece of property, but it was better not to have that property. What the gentleman inherited was not countless real money, but IOUs.

It turned out that Mr.'s family was also a big family in Beijing. Mr.'s father and grandfather were both engaged in the porcelain business, but the Qing government fought foreign wars for many years, and reparations ceded land. Suppress bandits internally and levy miscellaneous taxes. The country was short of silver, and the Qing court raised taxes over and over again in order to fill the treasury. In addition to taxes, merchants like Mr. also have to pay a large amount of money. And the people in the government are eager to come to the house every day to ask for money, and if they don't give it, they will be collaborating with the enemy. In this way, the foundation of the Zhou family is getting thinner and thinner.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Mr.'s father lost a lot of money in business. When the old man died, he was left with only one house, and the rest was countless debts.

"Ah, how can this be? How much money do you owe in total?" Wang Zhimin asked in surprise.

"At that time, my husband was still young. However, in his early 20s, he saw that the creditors came to the door to force debts, and there was really no way to sell the house in Beijing. ”

"Listen to my mother, the Zhou family's house in Beijing used to be lived in by high-grade officials. It should be worth a lot of money!"

"Yes, the house is very valuable, but because the husband is in a hurry to repay the debt, he only sold it for 100,000 oceans. He also sold all the antiques and famous paintings in his family. In this way, Mr. Zhou paid off his debts, and finally left 10,000 yuan of ocean for himself.

Our family has been the son of his Zhou family since my ancestors, and I grew up with my husband since I was a child. After paying off his debts, he left Beijing and came to the south.

In the South, he met a number of like-minded people. At that time, these people were called the Revolutionary Party. With the help of these friends, Mr. started a new business, and with his previous contacts and the principal of 10,000 yuan, the business gradually improved.

It was also at this time that Mr. met his wife, and the two fell in love and got married, when Mr. was 22 years old and his wife was 17 years old. A year later, the eldest son was born.

At that time, the Republic of China was founded, and the country was in ruins. He and many other industrialists took out the money and set up a bank to act as a national bank. The bank was still in session, but the South and the North were at odds with each other, and the decrees issued by Dr. Sun Yat-sen were not implemented.

In the end, Dr. Sun Yat-sen relinquished the presidency to Yuan Shikai, and it was not long before the overburdened bank declared bankruptcy. ”

"Ah, what happened then?"

Steward Fang, who fell into memories, said: "Later, I went abroad with my husband's family, and he had no hope in the Republic of China controlled by Yuan Shikai.

We crossed the ocean to the United States, and my husband and I were apprentices in factories. Work more than 12 hours a day. The wife takes care of the children at home.

I couldn't bear it at that time, so I persuaded my husband not to work in the factory anymore, after all, we still had some savings. But the gentleman disagreed, saying that he went to the factory to learn technology, hoping to bring it back to China in the future to help the country's industrial development.

After working in the factory for nearly a year, Mr. gradually found his way out, bought a batch of machines, and began to work on his own. After a short time, the company he founded became somewhat famous in the local area. It attracted a lot of Chinese workers. I also got acquainted with the Hongmen gang in the United States and the people of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Alliance. In the 10th year of the Republic of China, Mr. and Mrs. gave birth to a young lady again.

Mr. used the money he earned to buy a large number of war stocks, and in the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, we returned to China. At that time, the country was engaged in the Northern Expedition. The warlords in the country are divided and chaotic. Since it was safer to have a concession in Shanghai, we settled in Shanghai. In Shanghai, my husband took out the money he had invested in stocks and started a factory, because he had experience in the United States and some contacts, it was much easier for us to act in the concession.

The factory brought hope to many people's lives, and reduced a lot of violence in the concession at that time, and Mr. was kind and benevolent to establish a righteous church, adopting and caring for children and lonely old people. His deeds convinced the people of the concession.

At this time, in addition to the factory, he resumed his porcelain business.

Since it is in the concession area, Mr.'s porcelain sells very well. He also set up a bank and a department store. Slowly, after ten years of precipitation, we have the current foundation. There are countless bitterness and bitterness in between. ”

"Ouch, Uncle Fang, hearing you say this, my uncle really suffered. ”

"If you have to endure hardship, you will become a master, and my wife asked you and me to come out just so that you can understand this truth. ”

"Hey, okay, okay, Uncle Fang, I understand the reason, don't educate me anymore, I'm a little hungry. Let's go to dinner, and when we're done, we hurriedly put on our shoes and run out. ”

But he put on his shoes and was about to run and sat down on the ground. He forgot that his feet would hurt a lot when he walked.

"Okay, young master, you still stay in the house, I'll bring you the food, and then let the comrades of the Eighth Route Army make you a pair of crutches. ”

Steward Fang shook his head and walked out.

It didn't take long for him to come back with a pair of crutches and a bowl of wowotou.

"Hey, didn't you eat wowotou last night, why did you eat it this morning?"

"Young Master Cousin, if you don't eat, you can only starve. The Eighth Route Army has nothing but Wowotou. ”

At this time, Political Commissar Wang came from outside the door and said with a smile: "The New Year is still a few days away, Uncle Fang, Mr. Wang, you can't leave the base area at present, and there will be good things to eat during the New Year." Let's endure it for a few days. ”

As soon as he saw Political Commissar Wang come in, Wang Zhimin hurriedly asked, "Chief Wang, where is the nurse who bandaged me yesterday?"

"The female warrior that Mr. Wang bandaged you is called Wu Xue, do you have anything to do with her?

"Ah, it's nothing, I just want to ask Nurse Wu, when will the medicine on my foot be changed?"

Hearing Wang Zhimin ask Steward Fang like this, he knew that he had made another mistake with his old problem.

Steward Fang glanced at Wang Zhimin with deep meaning, as if to say don't mess around.