George really had the intention of staying in China for the rest of his life, but when these words were expressed through words, he always felt pale and powerless. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He told Wan Tian like this, Wan Tian just smiled and smiled, and said the same thing to Wan Lan, Wan Lan asked him rhetorically about his foothold in the industry and his future status, after all, there is a difference between living in a guest house and settling down.

When Xie Huai'an approached him about the medicine, he was actually grateful—there was no better way to do it, and he played the role of a behind-the-scenes supporter behind the Xie family's pharmaceutical company, still a British knight, under the protection of the British Embassy.

George leaned against the pillar with his arms folded and looked him up and down: "Isn't it that the bride's brother is like a father, you help me so seriously, is it because you are eager to marry a daughter?" ”

"Your Chinese has improved by leaps and bounds recently," Xie Huai'an spat him: "Do you know that my family Ah Tian still wants to live forever and never get married, and only exchange letters with you and meet occasionally." ”

"Oh, gad," George sighed, "it can't be like this." ”

Xie Huai'an smiled: "So I'm willing to help you, you can cover yourself with the quilt and steal fun, and come to pretend to say these things." ”

George gave him his hand and learned the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty: "Uncle, thank you very much." ”

Xie Huaian pushed his hand away: "Don't be so affectionate, it's not too late to wait until you persuade my family to come and pull the relationship again, my mother heard that you were coming, and muttered 'Why are you here again', it seems that your Sima Zhao's heart can't be saved, it's better to bring it up generously." ”

George shook his head and said: "Your parents don't want to marry their daughter to a foreigner, they are afraid that I will deceive her, no matter how generous I am, it is useless, I have other plans for this matter, but I can't say it yet, but I may have to ask you for help when the time comes." ”

Xie Huaian smiled: "You can't say it, how can you ask me for help?" ”

George said: "The most important thing now should be Lan, isn't it?" Let's wait until her wedding is over. ”

Xie Huai'an said: "Brother Yuji has not yet been filial, and the proposal will be next month at the earliest, and the wedding may have to be next year, can you wait?" ”

"Sir," said George, "this is a big event about a long life, and I hope it will get off to a good start, so you can wait as long as you want." ”

Xie Huai'an patted him on the shoulder: "Then we might as well hurry up and make the medicine before your plan starts?" ”

George could contact the pharmaceutical companies in many European countries, and they were willing to supply Xie Huai'an, and the market was initially selected in Zhenjiang, and through Xie Daozhong's connections, he could donate an appropriate amount of medicines to the Jiangsu garrison, and through Xu Shinian's relationship, a batch of the same drugs could be delivered to the southern revolutionaries.

Wanlan teased him: "It's really simple and rude, I'm afraid they don't know what your idea is." ”

Xie Huai'an spread his hands, his face full of innocence: "You will know if you know, Xie Cheng spent more than 7,000 taels of silver from the house before and after, if it is really our family's name, then it can be regarded as a revolutionary father." ”

Wanlan said: "Are you so sure that the revolutionary party can win the country? ”

Xie Huai'an said: "I don't know, but it's always right to prepare more, now the whole country is panicking, whether the revolutionary party can take the world can't be said to die, but the Qing Dynasty is indeed coming to an end, and when the time comes, we can't be carved up by foreigners to carve up such a big territory, it's better to support the revolutionary party." ”

Wanlan nodded and handed him a newspaper in his hand: "You may not know that former Japanese Prime Minister Hideaki Ito is dead. ”

The newspaper she handed over was the "Minhu Daily" that Xie Huai'an had mentioned earlier, and he was taken aback: "How dare you order this newspaper in a grand manner?" And sent it to the house. ”

"No, this is what Mr. Xu asked Ah Xian to bring," Wanlan said: "What you said is indeed good, the writing is old and sharp, and the needle is merciless, he said this, Ito, I think this newspaper can't be saved." ”

Xie Huai'an read it at a glance: "Mr. Four set up a preparatory constitutional association office in Shanghai, and the deputies are almost there, and Liu Chongyou, deputy speaker of the Consultative Bureau, is ready to go to Beijing to preside, if the imperial court seals the "Minhu Daily" at this juncture, I am afraid that the representatives of the provinces will attack it en masse." ”

Wanlan asked rhetorically: "Is the imperial court afraid of scholars or the Japanese?" ”

Xie Huai'an was stunned.

"This newspaper can't be saved," Wanlan repeated again, "If you really want to get close to that gentleman, you might as well take this opportunity to provide him with some help and protect his personal safety." ”

On 19 November, Shanghai sent troops to the concession to raid the editorial office of Minhu Daily, and at the same time issued a strict order prohibiting any printing house from republishing the newspaper, only more than 40 days after the newspaper was reopened.

Charles Robert Darwin, an Englishman who died thirty years ago, proposed the law of the jungle, saying that this is the law of survival between animals in natural society, but obviously this law can also be applied to human society.

It's just that for those rulers in the Forbidden City, every option is right, and every option is wrong at the same time, but the consequences will happen sooner or later.

The Xie family was all silent about this matter, and they didn't even have time to watch, because Chen Ji was filial, and he invited the elders of the clan to give a big gift to the Xie family and officially propose marriage.

On the day of sending the sticker, Wanlan was dressed up again, and the Xie Mansion was full of joy, although there was no red silk, but the lantern had already been installed. The Chen family wanted to send eight pieces of satin clothing, a pair of rings, a pair of earrings, a set of headdresses, a piece of lee and a few pieces of underwear to the Xie family, all of which had to be sent to Wanlan for her to see in person. Each gift has an entry written by Chen Ji himself, and there are poems attached to it, Wanlan read them one by one, and thanked Mrs. Da Bing with a smile on her face.

At this moment, more than three years have passed since Mrs. Chen's first visit, and when this family affair was first decided, the two of them were full of reluctance, and today they have become a good match. The wedding was scheduled for March, and because neither of them was religious, Chen Ji rented the auditorium of a Western-style hotel in Shanghai, replaced the pastor with a witness, and presided over the wedding throughout the whole process.

When Zhang Jian heard the news, he sent someone to send a heavy gift to congratulate the wedding, giving Wanlan a diamond bracelet, which was said to have been worn by Hu Xueyan's aunt's wife, and it was valued at 100,000 taels of silver on the same day, so that she began to worry about how to return the gift from the day she received the gift.

This year has been extremely busy, and Wanlan has begun to take on more decision-making household chores, because Madame Qin wants to test the results of her training for so long. She began to control her diet purposefully, and asked her mother-in-law to open her face in advance and regulate her inside. Dow had been instructed to teach her something that an unmarried girl should not know, and she blushed when she heard it.

Xie Daozhong and his wife's clothes had to be made new, because the wedding was Western-style, and four foreign tailors lived in the Xie family's old mansion at once, and George was responsible for communicating with them and supervising the progress. Xie Huai'an had some business partners who wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with him, and it just so happened that Chen Ji also had it, and he invited some foreign businessmen, and even a few ordinary officials from the embassy.

The bride's dowry was divided into two parts, one was all the furniture that Wanlan had bought for Chen Ji's small apartment in Shanghai, all of which were purchased from foreigners' foreign houses, and the dazzling carved decorations were very different from those in China, tied with red silk and sent all the way from the hotel to the apartment.

There is also a traditional bed, table, utensils, cages, bedding and other daily needs, a full 120 carrying, which was prepared after a small decision, and was sent to the Chen family's old house by Zhenjiang. Xie Daozhong's hand on Wanlan's marriage is simply staggering, before that, the old mansion has been living carefully, because none of the children know how much money there is in the family, Xie Wanxian even shouted that his father was partial, and left all the good things to his sister - on the big day, the juniors' joke faux pas can be forgiven.

Wanlan couldn't sleep all night the day before the wedding, her makeup artist was Yu Rongling, although she was repeatedly told to sleep beautifully, but until late at night, Wanlan was tossing and turning.

She breathed on the balcony, looking at the inky blue sky in the distance and the unrecognizable white clouds above, there was no one on the street late at night, so the figure in a white suit on the side of the road was extra eye-catching.

Chen Ji held a cigarette between his fingertips, beckoned to her with a smile, and in the middle of the night, the moonlight sprinkled on his face, and the shadows could not see his facial features clearly, but it was particularly tempting. Wanlan lived on the third floor, she looked over, and suddenly had a strange urge in her heart, wanting to jump directly into his arms from the balcony.

This thought is like a devil living in his head, once it grows endlessly, but fortunately, Chen Ji is faster, and he has already climbed the brick wall before Wanlan takes off his shoes.

Wanlan's heart was filled with irrepressible excitement, Chen Ji jumped down from the railing, took her into his arms, and she lay on his shoulder and giggled: "You are crazy! ”

"I have to give you a night party as expected before marriage," Chen Ji's breath was in her ear, deliberately lowered her voice, and laughed softly at the end of her words: "I have a bag tied to my belt, take it out and take a look?" ”

Wanlan wanted to stretch out her hand, but remembered the set that Tao taught her, she blushed half of her face first, and struggled to get out of his arms: "Take it yourself." ”

Chen Ji hugged her tighter, he seemed to sense something in her head, and couldn't help laughing again, deliberately leaning against her ear and saying, "Are you being shy?" ”

Wanlan's other half of her face was also red, buried in his neck socket and did not move, Chen Ji gently twisted her waist: "Open it and take a look, it's not easy to climb the wall with it, fortunately, I have practiced." ”

Wanlan rested her chin on his shoulder, bit her lip and reached over, pulling out a bottle of slender wine: "Champagne? ”

"There's nothing better to have a drink the night before your wedding." He tricked out a rose from the cuff and handed it to her, the crimson petals had blackened creases, and a ribbon was tied under the flower, Wan Lan held it up in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully: "It's better not to hide it in the cuffs, it's all broken." ”

"That's not right," Chen Ji shook the bottle twice, looked at her and laughed, "Shouldn't it be 'very beautiful, I like it very much', and then pounce on me and give me a fragrant kiss?" ”

Wanlan smiled: "You have been influenced by the romantic thoughts of foreigners again. ”

She said, putting her hands behind her back and tilting her head to look at him, "But this thought can be slightly satisfied." ”

Chen Ji opened the bottle of champagne the moment she came over, and there was a loud sound in the night sky, and the white foam fell like a fountain, frantically transmitting the aroma of wine in the air.

"March 26, 1910," Chen Ji said, "Congratulations to me and wish us a happy wedding." ”

-- "Jiangnan Family" Volume 1, End

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