Chapter 399: The Old Days

The anger that originally arose because Pei Yi returned to the imperial capital without disobedience and deliberately changed the time of registration for the school exercise disappeared the moment he saw his grandson. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the child he brought up single-handedly, and he is even angry and reluctant to be angry for too long.

"Tea? I'll let Xiao Lin make a pot. ”

Mr. Pei loves cigarettes, alcohol, and tea, and regards these three as the top priority, and no one in the family is allowed to touch them.

After he got older, because of physical reasons, Mrs. Pei and his family hoped that he would stop touching cigarettes and alcohol, and he would have more time to drink tea.

He usually collects really good tea, and he is reluctant to drink it when it is not important.

"Last time, I got a little red robe, only a little bit, you can taste it. Old Man Pei pinched his fingers and gestured, and Pei Yi said:

"Isn't there wine hidden in Grandpa's cabinet?"

Old Man Pei was stunned.

After he was not in good health, he was forbidden to drink at home, but the old habit was difficult to change, and behind the cabinet in his study, he took out a small space, filled a bottle of good wine, and usually drank a little secretly when no one was around.

Pei Yi has been favored by him since he was a child, and his secret family doesn't know, but Pei Yi knows.

Hearing his grandson say that he wanted to drink, Mr. Pei looked at him for a long time, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were firm, and he had no intention of changing his mind.

Now he wants to have tea with him, but he offers to drink because he wants to express to himself, has he grown up?

Old Man Pei smiled and turned to get the wine glass.

He pulled open a thick, hollowed-out dictionary and pulled out a small box containing exactly two wine glasses, each containing just enough wine to drink in two sips.

In order to facilitate his hiding, the wine glasses at home are not big, small and exquisite, and they can be held in the palm of his hand.

Old Man Pei took out the wine glass, went into the bathroom to wash it, took something to dry, his face showed a painful look, hesitated for a long time, and finally rubbed his hands, took off all the books on the shelf, and finally took out a wine bottle:

"More than 30 years ago, my grandfather's old friend gave it to me, and I was usually reluctant to touch it, so no one would give it. ”

The bottle was tightly sealed, sealed with wax to avoid 'running', and the bottle was touched brightly, as if it had not been opened for so many years.

The appearance of the bottle is not amazing, and it even looks a little rustic, but it can be seen that it is old.

Old Man Pei held the wine bottle and looked a little sad: "Grandpa, an old friend, has long been buried in the soil." ”

He was ruthless, melted the sealed wax on the bottle, and before he could open the cork, the aroma of the wine drifted into Pei Yi's nose.

Old Man Pei seemed to be ten years old, he was holding the bottle, and he was a little weak:

"This wine bottle was given by your grandfather Zhang. This person may not be known to you yet. ”

He sighed, sat down, and opened the bottle, which had been sitting for many years, and was amber-coloured, like honey, already a little thick and fragrant.

"At that time, when the invaders invaded, and the country was in turmoil, I was just twenty-three or four, just like your age. When Old Man Pei said this, he glanced at Pei Yi, and pushed the cup that had been poured seven points full in front of Pei Yi:

"The scene of that meeting, Ah Yi, is unimaginable. ”

Old Man Pei smiled, and sat down on the sofa on the other side slowly, talking face-to-face with his grandson.

"Now that you've grown up, Grandpa doesn't want to talk to you about school, he just asks you about drills, and wants to talk to you about other things. ”

He lifted his leg and reached out to touch the low box on the couch, which contained a box of cigars, and he took one out and sniffed it:

"Do you know how Grandpa married Grandma?"

Pei Yi shook his head, he only knew that his grandmother was from Shanghai, from a famous family, and had many relatives at home.

was able to marry Mrs. Pei, who was from a good background, and at that time, Mr. Pei, who paid attention to his background, naturally would not be too low-born, and even his background was more prominent than Mrs. Pei.

Mr. Pei was originally from Tianjin, Mr. Pei's grandfather was the right-hand man of the regent Liu Charter in the late Qing Dynasty, and was later transferred to the governor of Liangjiang, governing Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, and governing Nanjing at the same time, and also serving as the minister of Beiyang, governing foreign affairs, setting up the navy and army, purchasing coal and iron, telegraphs, ships, theatrical and other enterprises, developing in Tianjin for many years, the power was monstrous, and the Pei family quickly took root.

Under such circumstances, although Mrs. Pei had a good background at that time, she was slightly inferior to the Pei family.

When Mr. Pei was young, he was the son of the Pei family, and there were many women who wanted to marry him, like a carp crossing the river.

When he was young, the court was prominent, and most of the gate valves who came and went were nobles of various ethnic groups, and many people rushed to be a matchmaker for him in front of the old lady Pei at that time.

Under such circumstances, China presented an extremely complicated situation at that time, and the Gaomen was still prosperous, and even the economy showed an unusually rapid development state.

The invaders coveted this fertile land and were already looking at it, and the three provinces were already in a trend of falling, and the people there were living in dire straits.

And under the rule of Mrs. Pei, she sang and danced, and the extreme prosperity and war were mixed together, from the mouth of Old Man Pei, like a picture scroll, slowly unfolded in front of Pei Yi.

"At this time, a good friend of mine, Zhang Yiping, came to visit me. When Mr. Pei said this, he leaned back on the sofa chair, and the whole person fell into memory: "He is seven years older than me, he is my old acquaintance when I was studying in Beiping, he is very literate, and he is the general secretary of Wenwushan in Shanghai, giving advice to him." ”

Old man Pei held a cigar and looked at Pei Yi with a smile, Pei Yi said:

"Great-grandfather's man?"

Mrs. Pei's maiden name is Wen, and her family was in charge of the affairs of the comprador of a foreign bank in Shanghai, and she was very wealthy.

"Yes, the door of my Pei family is not so easy to enter, Ah Yi. Old Man Pei smiled, "He came as my old friend, and he brought such a pot of wine to talk to me about my marriage." ”

Mr. Pei is too high-born, and he is the eldest son, the family expects a lot from him, his marriage has not been decided for a long time, and he is a wishful husband in the eyes of celebrities and ladies.

Although the Wen family is rich, the Pei family is too low.

To put it mildly, it seemed to be a big rebellion at that time, the Pei family was in the land of two rivers, like an emperor who covered the sky with one hand.

At that time, the late Qing Dynasty had already existed in name only, and the warlords in various places were divided, and it was difficult to restrain the localities, and the Pei family was the day on the same day, and the Wen family was appointed as the comprador of the foreign bank, in the eyes of the Pei family at that time, it was tantamount to being a 'minister', and it did not match.