Xiao Tao poured the water from the tin thermos into the copper basin, wanting Zhang Meixi to wash her face, and when she turned her head, she saw her girl falling asleep on the sleeper in the first-class cabin.

I had to help my girl take off her shoes.

It was extremely hard to say goodbye to Mrs. Zhang in Qingdao, and it was not until the whistle of the ocean-going ship sounded three times that Mrs. Zhang turned around and got off the ship three times, and both eyes were red and swollen.

Xiao Tao really doesn't understand, since Mrs. Zhang is so reluctant to give up her daughter, and she likes Shanghai so much, why don't she go with her and go back to her parents' house directly?

The speed of this German ocean-going ship was extremely high.

Only one day and two nights later, Zhang Meixi finished grooming under Xiao Tao's care, wiped her sister's alabaster on her face, lit Danqi's lipstick on her lips, held Xiao Tao's hand, and got off the ship.

There were two families of the fourth uncle and the fifth uncle waiting on the dock early on, although it was the first time they met, they were all seen in the photos, and they were easily recognized.

The fourth aunt and fifth aunt, as well as four or five cousins, surrounded Zhang Meixi and were full of praise.

The fourth uncle's family dispatched four cars alone, lined up, especially a bit of a mighty taste, Zhang Meixi naturally accompanied the fourth aunt to take the first car and left.

The housekeeper in charge of the luggage in the back was in a hurry,

"What do you say? More than thirty boxes? Then look for a laborer, it's easy to find on the dock. ”

A housekeeper wearing a two-blue cloth coat listened to the number of luggage of the Zhang family, wiped a cold sweat in the winter, and scolded in his heart:

"Mrs. Liugu is really married to a rich man in the countryside, so much luggage, she won't even move pots and pans!"

The car went all the way to the fourth uncle's mansion at No. 16 Coral Garden, Pidging District, and saw the ceremony again, drank tea and ate, and laughed and laughed.

Zhang Meixi's maternal grandfather's surname is Huang, and her deceased maternal grandfather, Mrs. Huang, was born in Jinping Town, Shanghai County, and has served several county governors. His wife passed away after giving birth to three sons, and his step-family, Zhang Meixi's maternal grandmother, also passed away. He had two sons and two daughters.

Zhang Meixi's mother, Mrs. Zhang, is the sixth aunt of the Huang family.

Mother Mrs. Zhang has the best relationship with her fourth brother, followed by the fifth brother, so Zhang Meixi lived directly in the fourth uncle's house.

The fourth uncle's mansion in the Coral Garden is a three-story small English-style western-style mansion with large gardens in front and back.

Zhang Meixi was assigned a room on the third floor, next to the fourth cousin and the fifth cousin from the fourth uncle's family.

The three young masters of the Zhou family arranged a guest room for the inner and outer suite, and as for the housekeepers of the Zhang family and the soldiers of the Zhou family, they had to be dispersed to the subordinate rooms of the fourth uncle's family and the fifth uncle's family.

On Tuesday, the young master clenched his fists and bent down to salute, and said with a smile:

"Don't bother the Huang family's aunt, we have already booked and lived in the hall in Shandong."

The fifth aunt of the Huang family opened her eyes a little wide:

"Living in a clubhouse, asking for money."

Speaking of which, the relationship between the Zhou family and the Huang family is far away, and several young masters of the Zhou family come to Shanghai to study, and they really don't need the Huang family to take care of it.

Therefore, the second young master of the Zhou family was extremely polite and informed the Huang family, and beckoned to leave.

Young Master Zhou's cold male god Fan didn't speak.

On Wednesday, the young master was a little reluctant to give up, and finally followed his second brother.

As soon as the young master of the Zhou family left, the housekeepers and soldiers also followed, and more than 30 suitcases went to more than 20 at once.

Huang Wu's aunt didn't come for a while, so she dodged her feet, and turned back to see the gift brought by her niece.

Zhang Meixi brought eight gifts, all of which were local products in Shandong.

Confucius private brewing, Dong Gillian, Zhang Xia dried apricots, Ping'an big peanuts, Ping'an jujubes, Ming rice cakes, Daming Lake pu vegetables, Ping'an County handmade kites.

In the evening, Huang Wu's aunt took home a portion of her family, secretly hating that they were all worthless things, and on the other hand, she picked up a few things that could be stored for a long time and carefully put them away, thinking that it would be decent to give them away during the New Year.

The daughter of Huang's fifth aunt, Miss Huang Jialiu is eleven years old this year, wearing a cotton cheongsam of Suzhou silk, a woolen shawl on the outside, and reaching out for a dried apricot:

"Ah, it's delicious." After a while, he reached out and took it two or three times.

Huang Wu's aunt pointed her hand on her daughter's brain:

"Your father is not angry, you are not angry, you know how to eat, Mrs. Liugu married a rich man in the countryside, Sifang has bought and sold things over the years, how much cheapness has been gained, other brothers can't say, your father and Mrs. Liugu are also brothers and sisters, all these years, what? Fool us with these cheap things. ”

Huang Wu's aunt took a handkerchief and wiped a handful of tears.

Miss Huang Liu ignored her mother's nagging, and reached for a piece of rice cake.

In fact, the late Mrs. Huang managed the family well, and the Huang family has been very good in Shanghai over the years. There are five brothers, and the public industry has two textile mills and a flour mill. Speaking of private property, each family also has one or two properties, and Huang Wuye lives next to his fourth brother, No. 17 Mansion in Coral Garden. The wives of the Huang family are all well-matched, and the dowry is also rich.

After Aunt Huang finished packing up her things, she made even more effort to teach her daughter, Lisheng stopped Miss Six from eating, and pointed her finger at her head:

"You listen to Ahla, you are not too young, this time your cousin Meixi is here, you must follow her closely, you must be friends with her, be friends, you know?"

Miss Huang Liu was ignorant, but in order to avoid the persecution of her mother's finger Zen, she immediately nodded obediently.

The fourth and fifth ladies of Huang Siye's family also got the same task.

Aunt Huang Si said better:

"You treat Meixi as your sister-in-law, and take her to play more. As long as she is happy, your father will be happy, and you will have more benefits in the future, just ask your father what you want to buy. ”

Miss Four and Miss Five held hands and whispered:

"This country cousin is so rustic, you look at the clothes she wears, the hair she combs."

"Countrymen, it's all like this, take her to see the clothes and perfume another day, and we'll buy some by the way."

"These have been sent, and we can't count the things we sent to Mrs. Liugu in a year."

"Then why don't you use this cousin Meixi?"

"Why not? That's if you don't look carefully, she has oil on her face, it's about Max Buddha, maybe it's the twin sisters. There was also saliva on his mouth, either Danqi or Guangshengxing. ”

"Hey, then she doesn't understand, how did she wear that dress?"

"They have a lot of rules in the countryside, and filial piety guards are not allowed to wear good clothes."

"If you understand it in this way, you will take her to department stores, movie theaters, and the countryside, so you can coax her."

Zhang Meixi has not read books and newspapers in the past few days, and when she is quiet, the first thing she does is to read all the newspapers in the past few days.

Then ponder for a moment.

Picking up a pen, he wrote several letters in English in one go, including a detailed discussion of the properties of penicillin to the British Science newspaper. There were also letters to Regor Law Firm informing them of their recent addresses, and one to the famous female scientist Madame Mary, asking her if she would be interested in visiting China to see her own pearl of the night.