The atmosphere in the living room was a little solemn, and I saw Zhao Yan sitting in the center of the large living room, at the top of the long European dining table, opposite him was the eldest elder of the Mia family, Mia's grandfather Cakins. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With gray hair, his face is a little old, but his complexion looks very good, even when he meets him at home, this guest is wearing a formal suit, which makes Zhao Yan a little embarrassed.

The Germans are notoriously rigid and harsh, and he visits him in casual clothes, which is also disrespectful to Mia's family.

Almost all of Mia's family have met in person, and almost all of them at the table are now Mia's closest relatives, her father Philip, her mother Audrey, her sister Rena, her brother Tim, her uncle Nicholas, her aunt Bita, their daughter Barbara, and Alex, who has not returned.

All the members of this small family ate silently at the table, and did not speak until Cagins, who was the head of the family, did not speak, so the atmosphere was almost freezing.

Zhao Yan didn't want to break this situation, but Mia had already reminded him that her grandfather had a very bad temper, and this German veteran who had participated in World War II was not something that anyone could fool.

An eighty-year-old man, his life experience is legendary, he was once a descendant of Hitler's SS, he enlisted in the army at the age of sixteen, when the Third Reich gradually entered the last days, the Soviet-led Coalition Army fought back frantically in the late stage of World War II, and Cagins joined the army at that time, blocking the Allied forces in Germany and defending his homeland.

After the defeat of Germany, Caggins was captured and imprisoned in a Allied prisoner of war camp, from which he escaped in 1946. Before he could regain his freedom, he was hit by the "hunger winter" that almost destroyed Germany, and it was January 1947, when the temperature dropped to the lowest temperature in history to minus 20 degrees, and the lowest temperature that the human body could withstand was about -15 degrees Celsius. The German land was devastated by the war, and a large number of townspeople were piled up in front of a rubble of ruins, and there were no houses in the cold snap blowing from Siberia! There is not enough food! Not to mention no heating! During the four-month winter, at least 100,000 people froze to death and starved to death, and tens of millions more are slowly waiting to starve to death.

The Führer once said: "If his army does not achieve a quick victory, then he himself and the whole of Germany will be plunged into an endless abyss." Post-war Germany was a prophecy by him, and countless Germans "paid" for their dead Führer.

That period of time was not much better than the post-war days of China, until the implementation of the famous "Marshall Plan", Germany was rapidly rebuilt with international assistance, the plan lasted for four years, a total of more than 13 billion US dollars, and the president of West Germany at that time, Ludwig Erhard, proposed a plan called "Made in Germany" to occupy the world market with high-quality and low-cost German products. (In fact, it is similar to today's Made in China, which is to vigorously develop the manufacturing industry to accumulate technology and experience and lay a solid foundation for the future.) Therefore, some of our country's policies have far-reaching significance. PS: Don't take the author's speculation seriously. ）

It wasn't until the advent of the fifties that Germany entered the golden age of revival, and under the massive demand for international trade, the profession of lawyer rose rapidly in Germany, and Keggins entered the industry at that time, and he has been engaged in this industry all his life.

That's what Zhao learned from Mia, and it is said that Caggins had two marriages, once when he was twenty years old, during the Third Reich, and his children and family did not survive the winter of 1947. It wasn't until he remarried in his forties and gave birth to Mia's father and uncle that the whole family was born.

There is an old saying in Huaguo: There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure. The old man may be derailed from the times, but the rich life experience is enough for the old man to play the role of "fixing the sea god" at some point. What's more, Caggins' life experience is legendary, so Lao Zhao can only honestly endure this difficult atmosphere, and dare not make the slightest mistake.

Until an untasteful dinner was coming to an end, Cakkins looked at Zhao Yan, who looked calm, and said, "You are very much like a friend of mine, who is also Chinese." ”

Lao Zhao was shocked, he didn't expect that this old man also had a Chinese friend, and then he thought about it, at that time, hundreds of thousands of Chinese laborers were in Europe during World War II, and many of the Chinese in Europe today are the descendants of these workers who stayed in Europe, so it is not impossible for Cakines to know Chinese.

"The Chinese are very shrewd, but much better than the mercenary Jews." The old man said to himself, and some of the Nazi thoughts appeared in his words, after all, it was a genocide that was famous.

Lao Zhao didn't say anything, the old man seemed to be talking to himself, so he had no room to interject at all.

"What do you do in China?" The old man finally gave Lao Zhao a chance to speak, it was really not easy. There is room for communication, then there is enough turning around.

"Merchant." Lao Zhao said a word concisely.

The old man looked clear and seemed to have guessed.

"I don't like businessmen......" Mia's heart sank, and her eyes suddenly filled with a puff of moisture, and she grabbed her mother's hand tightly.

Zhao Yan had no expression on his face, but he heard Cakins smile and say, "But I like Chinese businessmen." "This old man definitely did it on purpose!

Fortunately, Zhao Yan's qi cultivation kung fu is in place enough, otherwise he would lose his posture under the wit of the old man's words, I am afraid that the score in the old man's heart will be greatly reduced, he is really old and refined!

The previous silence was dismounted, and the words were beaten and considered without a trace, if it weren't for Lao Zhao's decades of experience, he would have been turned around by this old demon a long time ago.

"You young people's affairs, you decide for yourself, I'm old, so I won't get involved." As he spoke, he walked out of the living room with the help of the nanny, leaving a group of people staring at each other.

Lao Zhao exhaled in his heart, he didn't believe in Caggins's words, what do you mean if you don't mix, you almost didn't get killed. Caggins put a lot of pressure on him, and he was also the person he thought about repeatedly on the plane, and finally decided to respond to all changes with no change, and there was the scene just now.

After the old man left, the atmosphere became much more relaxed, Mia looked at Lao Zhao with a happy face, but the latter noticed the tears in the corners of her eyes, this stupid woman.

The unhappiness in Lao Zhao's heart also disappeared, in the end, he is still very soft-hearted to the people he really cares about, I don't know if this is an advantage.

Mia's father, Philip, is a handsome old man with a mature temperament, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a pair of wise and sharp eyes under the lenses.

Gone an old one, the small one is coming again, Lao Zhao has a headache, but this level has to be passed one level at a time.

"Mr. Zhao, it seems that the age is ...... Mia," Philip said politely.

This look is really vicious, and at a glance, I can see that Zhao Yan, who looks like he is in his twenties and in his thirties, must be different from his appearance, in short, he must be much older than Mia.

After thinking about it, Lao Zhao calmly looked at him and said, "Actually, Mia and I are ...... in age" was about to speak, but saw Mia stand up, walked to his side in a few steps, put her arms around his neck, and said to her father: "Dad, I love Zhao, no matter how he is, I love him!" ”

Philip's eyes wandered on Lao Zhao and his daughter, his daughter's firm expression had almost told him the answer, he had always been extremely generous and spoiled to his children, he really couldn't make a decision to make Mia sad, but he already had Rena's lesson, and he didn't dare to mess around with his daughter's temperament easily.

He looked at Zhao Yan with a serious face and said, "Mr. Zhao, as Mia's father, I must be responsible for her future. ”

"I understand, Mr. Philip, that my actual age is forty-six." After Lao Zhao expressed his understanding, his words almost shocked everyone.