Chapter 117: Sweetness
"I am grateful for your courageous and chivalrous deeds, and I will never forget your kindness. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
That night, after the curtsy Nya said this to Yuhong, she disappeared with a sweet smile into the gate of the embassy, which was guarded by French soldiers with loaded guns.
And in the next few days, for some reason, Yuhong frequently dreamed that Nia said goodbye to him at this moment. Not only did this sentence make him unforgettable, but the expression in her eyes always haunted him. Even he often had a very irrational thought, even if it was just for such a sweet smile, it was worth the greater risk he took for her.
I must have gone crazy! What was I thinking? Could it be that I got dizzy after reading too many foreign novels?
I am a descendant of the Yu family, but Nia is a French girl, which is destined to be impossible!
If my uncle knew about this, he would definitely treat me as an unscrupulous descendant of the Yu family and break my leg with "family law"!
Although Yuhong kept admonishing himself, his heart was still involuntarily full of longing. He couldn't help but wonder if he would ever see her again.
Fate was quick to give the answer. Within a week, Yuhong was on the campus of the university and "encountered" Nia who came to "find friends".
And when he saw the sparkling, smiling blue eyes again, the graceful figure and the long soft and curly brown hair, everything he had used to warn himself was gone, and only an inexplicable excitement and happiness rippled in his heart.
On the same day, they naturally had lunch together and spent an afternoon of talking in Zhongshan Park.
However, after regaining some composure, Yuhong still chose to be a little unpleasant, and he told Nia all his unspeakable "heart disease".
But to his surprise, Nia not only confessed her good impression of him after this, saying that she had missed him from time to time since they separated, but she couldn't bear it and took the initiative to come to Yanda to find him. And also said that her family will also firmly oppose their relationship.
It turned out that there were factors similar to Yuhong's in Nia's family background that prevented them from falling in love.
Nia, who is two years older than Yuhong, was born into a family of declining French aristocracy, although the French Revolution caused her family to lose its privileges, titles and territories, but by the time of the French Republic, her family still regained its place in the officialdom and restored the glory of the family with its excellent education and the efforts of several generations.
Because of this, the shackles of the family remained, that is, Nia could only live celibate until the age of twenty-five, and then she had to choose a partner to marry within the scope of political marriage, for the benefit of the family. She is twenty-three years old this year, and I am afraid that the day she returns to China with her father to report on her work will be the time when she will have to choose a spouse to marry.
For this reason, not only did Nia learn multiple languages and manners at the behest of her parents from an early age, but even her attendance at the conservatory to study piano was carefully planned by her parents - all of which were necessary for her to marry into an upper-class family in the future.
It should be said that these two young people actually understand very well how big the gap between them is and how fragile their love is. But under a magical magic like the two poles of a magnet meeting each other, the two of them had no power to resist, and they still fell into it like moths to a fire, unable to extricate themselves. As a result, they soon entered the point of frequent dating, and when Yanda had a summer vacation, they had to see each other almost every day.
Nia is a graduate of the piano department of the Conservatoire de la Conservatoire de la Dramatre de Paris, and her musical attainments and accomplishments are exceptional. Therefore, under her guidance, Yuhong learned to dance ballroom dance, learn to appreciate classical music, and learn more advanced French expressions.
Perhaps it is precisely because art has the effect of purifying the soul that the girl Yunya also has a surprising advantage, that is, she is not greedy for vanity at all, but is quite good at thinking about others and knows how to be thrifty.
For example, since Nia learned that Yuhong would never let a woman pay the bill, she no longer refused to go to expensive places such as the Western Gentry Association, the Beijing Hotel, and the Six Nations Hotel. Even at Yuhong's strong invitation, she was only willing to occasionally go to a western restaurant of the citizen class such as Ermiaotang in Dashilar or Qianmen West Station (Jinghan Railway Station), and asked for a low-priced, reluctantly flavored set meal.
It is this kind of empathetic and considerate thinking that makes Yuhong, who lives on 20 silver dollars a month by wire transfer from Yuye, get rid of the extra financial pressure, and will not face the economic dilemma of making ends meet due to the increased expenses due to frequent appointments.
On the other hand, Yuhong is worthy of being a native of Beijing, and he is very competent as a "tour guide". So, under his guidance, Nina also experienced the purest summer style of the capital.
Their figures appeared in the boat of the lotus pond in Beihai, rocking the oars and picking a few lotus roots. Or in the tea house under the old cypress trees in Taimiao and Zhongshan Park, enjoy tea and watch people play chess. Maybe under the corridor of the Summer Palace, read Shelley or Shakespeare. Even in the tent temporarily erected in Shichahai Lake, a "ice bowl" (a large bowl of ice, covered with lotus leaves on the ice, fresh water chestnut on the leaf, fresh walnut, fresh almond, fresh lotus, and fragrant, fresh, clear and cold seasonal food composed of melon) and a few pieces of sour plum cake are smashed on it.
Even if they are tired of staying in the city, they can also bring fishing rods and go to the west side of Jishuitan, Gaoliang Bridge, or Tonghui River for half a day of fishing. You can even go to Xishan Reclining Buddha Temple, Biyun Temple, and Jingyi Garden to stay for a few days.
In this way, Yuhong made Nia fall in love with the capital. It makes her feel that everywhere is fun, lively everywhere, and sound everywhere. It also made her think that this old city was simply like Paris, with an indescribable charm.
She likes local peaches, red plums, "Hulache" (a specialty of the old Jingxi Mountain, also known as Hulache, Huoli Bing), large white dates, small white pears, milk grapes, and "Sheep Horn Honey" (Beijing's specialty melon, shaped like a sheep's horn). She also likes to buy tuberose (i.e. evening primrose) to put on her head and put it on her own scent, as the local girls do. She prefers the small flower basket that Yuhong made for her with the willow branches of the acacia flowers, and the few "golden silk lotus leaves" (goldfish, a specialty of old Beijing) and lantern aquatic plants that they went to the "Second Gate" with them. Therefore, she has stated to Yuhong more than once, "I really wish I could be with you like this forever, even if I don't go back to Paris!"
It can be said that throughout the summer vacation, in a state of mind that is faintly worried about the future, but reluctant to give up the slightest bit now, both of them are immersed in a kind of sweetness that is insecure but very happy. In such a short period of time, they burst out with strong feelings for each other that they would never be separated, and even they themselves couldn't help but feel a little illusory.
After the summer vacation, as Yuhong's mentor, Han Qiaosheng was the first to find out that Yuhong was in love from the fact that Yuhong's school time was greatly reduced.
And Yuhong also trusted Han Qiaosheng quite a lot, not only told him about his wonderful love with Nia, but also told him all the obstacles that existed between them.
Unexpectedly, Han Qiaosheng is still a romantic idealist, after seeing Nia in person, he is not only happy for Yuhong, but also encourages the two of them to overcome difficulties and not let the tragedy of "Romeo and Juliet" repeat again. Even in order to match them, Han Qiaosheng took the initiative to ask Ying to personally go out to persuade the families of the two to agree to their union.
So, in the hesitation of Yuhong and Nia, Han Qiaosheng took the train to Jinmen on a day in early autumn, and took Yuye as the first target.
Yu Ye and Han Qiaosheng met in a teahouse. Knowing that Han Qiaosheng is Yuhong's mentor, under the light of the "Returnee Doctor", Yuye's attitude is extremely humble and respectful, which comes from the martial artist's kind of admiration for culture. This also made Han Qiaosheng a little more unrealistically sure of the success of persuasion.
However, when Han Qiaosheng really said what he meant, he didn't expect Yu Ye's face to darken suddenly. No matter how Han Qiaosheng induces, his complexion has never eased.
Yu Ye only said that the ancestors of the Yu family and the French devils are both a feud and a national feud. So he can't let Yuhong marry a foreign woman, unless Yuhong doesn't want his ancestors. Otherwise, as long as you are a descendant of the Yu family for a day, don't fight this idea. In addition, Yu Ye also asked Han Qiaosheng to bring a message to Yu Hong, saying that he should let his nephew obediently go to Jinmen to get fifty whips, otherwise when he went to the capital to find him, it would not be a matter of being whipped. After that, Yu Ye didn't say a word, reluctantly gave up, turned around, and left Han Qiaosheng alone in the seat.
Han Qiaosheng didn't expect Yu Ye to have such a big reaction, his courage was a little short, and Yu Ye used national hatred to talk about things, so he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. So he looked at the figure of Yu Ye leaving, and he didn't have the courage to chase it, and he had some regrets that "Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it reasonably". In the end, he had to return to the capital in disgrace.
However, while Han Qiaosheng was depressed in his heart, he couldn't help but feel very sorry for Yu Hong, as long as he thought that Yu Hong would receive fifty lashes because of him, his heart couldn't help but tighten.
He also knew that he had indeed made the facts simple, and now in this situation of failing to succeed, his confidence in whether he could still convince Nia's father had also dropped to a rather low level.