The fiftieth round
Madame Chanlton is a French lady from the ground up, but what they didn't expect was that she was also a Chinese fan. ()
Although she is not very proficient and her pronunciation is not standard, she is always in high spirits and insists on talking to them in Chinese, and when she can't express herself, she switches to French or English, and she is particularly interested in China's long history and culture.
Yisheng secretly stuck out his tongue, fortunately, when he was a child, his father forced him to take Mr. Lin's Chinese language class, otherwise he really couldn't cope with this lady's good interest.
She listened to Mrs. Chanlton's half-Chinese and half-French hand-danced words, smiled and nodded in agreement, "It is true, Chinese gardens are more freehand, pay attention to 'winding paths' and 'peaks and loops', while European gardens are more realistic, pay attention to 'axis symmetry' and 'neatness', different styles, it is not easy to divide the superior." If you have the opportunity, you can take a walk around the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Suzhou, and you will find that each set is unique. European gardens also have their charms, such as the garden in Villandry, France, which I think is very beautiful.
She knew that Mrs. Chanlton wanted to practice Chinese, so she used Chinese to communicate with her, speaking every word slowly, watching Mrs. Chanlton's reaction as she spoke. At this moment, seeing that she seemed to be confused, he smiled and said it again in French.
Mrs. Chanlton's eyes lit up, and she didn't care about practicing Chinese, so she asked directly in French: "Have you ever been to France?"
Yisheng smiled and nodded, and replied in French, "When I was studying at the University of Paris, my tutor took us there. ”
"So you studied at the University of Paris, what did you major in?"
"French literature. ”
"No wonder you speak French so well. Mrs. Chanlton smiled and winked mischievously, "And no wonder I like you so much." ”
Yisheng laughed, and Mrs. Chanlton was telling the truth, she really liked the Chinese girl in front of her, not only was she beautiful, her manners were elegant and generous, but it was really a wonderful thing to talk to her.
This girl not only knows a lot of things, but also thinks quickly, speaks interestingly, and is simply fascinated by such a pair of shining eyes, and a sometimes mischievous and sometimes demure smile on her lips.
So later, Mrs. Chanlton simply didn't even practice Chinese, so she pulled Yisheng to talk in French, and the more she talked, the more she fell in love, and she had a great sense of seeing each other late.
On the men's side, since the matters discussed no longer involve confidentiality and trust issues, there is no need to pull Yisheng, and everything is done by Dason.
At the time of parting, Mrs. Chanlton was still attached to Yisheng, and insisted that she also come to the welcome ball held for the couple at the British and French consulates this evening.
Lu Fengyang glanced at Mrs. Chanlton holding Yisheng's hand with a look of affection and reluctance, and couldn't help but smile and whisper to Shu Yuzheng: "Brother, your vision of people is getting more and more accurate, and this time, I don't even need to help you find a female companion at the ball." ”
Although the British and French consulates did not know that Bo Yuzheng was also in Shanghai at the moment and did not prepare for him, the biggest purpose of the Chanlton couple's trip was to meet him, so they naturally tried their best to invite him personally.
Bo Yuzheng smiled and didn't say anything, but it was tantamount to acquiescing to Lu Fengyang's arrangement.
Lu Fengyang looked at Yisheng not far away, and whispered with a smile, "This little girl, it's really not simple, the most unexpected thing for me is that she can actually say such a thing as setting up a national military industry, although the starting point of the two of you is different, but I want to go together - brother, when will there be a chance, let her go to your arsenal to see, she will know that this is not whimsical." ”
Bo Yuzheng slowly moved his gaze to Chanlton, his eyes were dull, and his tone sounded very light, "It's just a prototype; What is there to see? There is still a long way to go before China's military industry can be developed. ”
Especially after talking with Chanlton today, he felt more and more that the gap was huge, but even if he knew that he couldn't do it, he still had to do it, if a country did not have its own military manufacturing, it could only be controlled by others, and in the long run, even the most basic national security could not be guaranteed.
Lu Fengyang was about to say something, but saw that Mrs. Chanlton finally let go of Yisheng's hand and got into the car with a smile, so he followed Bo Yuzheng a few steps forward, greeted Mr. and Mrs. Chanlton through the car window, and saw them leave first.
When the car left, Yisheng turned around and asked, "Am I going to the dance party in the evening?"
Lu Feng smiled, "Of course, otherwise I would have to spend effort to find another female companion for Mr. Shao - besides, Mrs. Chanlton has invited you so kindly, if we don't take you there, what if she blows the pillow wind to Mr. Chanlton and breaks the contract?"
Although Yisheng knew that he was joking, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and he didn't talk nonsense, just smiled: "Then I have to go home first and change into dancing clothes, it's not appropriate to wear this dress to participate in the dance party now." ”
Lu Fengyang originally thought that she might be like ordinary women, so she would say a few words politely, so that they could invite her to show her figure.
It's okay to say hypocrisy, it's okay to say that you want to refuse or welcome, anyway, women, isn't it just love to make these little means.
But he didn't expect the one in front of him, but he was not embarrassed at all, and he responded generously, and he didn't even want them to prepare clothes and jewelry, but only said that he would go home to change, which made him stunned for a while.
Yisheng stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, "Why are you stunned, don't block the car door, I asked the driver to go back first, you have to send me home." ”
Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and personally opened the car door for her, "Obey." ”
Bo Yuzheng and Lu Fengyang did not send her home in person this time, but only arranged for someone to escort her all the way, and agreed to pick her up at night.
Yisheng returned home, sat down on the sofa in the living room, and saw that there was no one on the left and right, so he took the towel in Wu's mother's hand and wiped his hands, and asked, "Dad, aren't they here?"
Wu's mother replied vaguely: "Maybe it's out, I don't know." ”
Yisheng was about to continue asking, but suddenly heard Bai Cuiyin's voice coming from behind her, she went downstairs and said with a smile: "Mother Wu, it's useless for you to hide from her, in the future, Ji Sheng's two families will become in-laws, how can such a thing be rare, can you hide it?"
"Second aunt, ...... you" Mother Wu glared at her hatefully, but she was helpless.
And Bai Cuiyin didn't pay attention to Wu's mother, she deliberately stopped, and then turned to Yisheng with a smile, "Forget it, lest you guess, I'll be a good person to tell you - your father, Aunt Ling, and Yizheng just went out not long ago, and it was the Ji family's car that picked them up and went to the Ji Mansion for dinner." It's rare for in-laws to be so close, tsk, Yizheng is really a blessing. ”
Yisheng's heart was still irrepressibly dull and painful, but she refused to show it on her face no matter what, she just stood up with a smile, looked at Bai Cuiyin on the stairs, and said with a smile: "That's it, that's really unfortunate, I'm going to go out to a dance party with friends in a while, so Aunt Yin is the only one left in the house to watch the door, but what should I do?"